Slavery in the 19th Century

Chained up and beaten, hale to work long hours, ply meager amounts of food, and forced to catch some Zs on the ground. These animal-like biography conditions were the realities of nigh break ones bears in the South. These sight were ideal to be lesser hu worldly concerns, and they were tempered as such. In his criminal record 12 Years a Slave, Northup Northup gives readers a glimpse into the whole kit of the striver system including the slave trade, living and working conditions, views of slaves and their owners, and the slaves methods of resistance.\nThe outlawing of the African slave trade in 1808 led to the rise of the municipal slave-trading ne 2rk. Slaves became more valuable, and the trade of them became real profitable. Slaves were caged up like animals and paraded in front of potential buyers. Slaves were well inspected by buyers and were asked what jobs they could do. Solomon said that scars upon a slaves back were considered evidence of a ill-affected or unru ly spirit, and bear his sale (Northup, 53). The South thrived during this nonmodern period. Besides the fact of forcing people to work against their will, the most surly aspect of the domestic slave trade system was the fault up of families. Only two states, Louisiana and Alabama, had laws against the separation of children jr. than ten from his or her mother. turn up to one million blacks were traded during the antebellum period, mostly during the 1830s. In his novel, Northup describes how he was tricked and then kidnapped and tilt into slavery. Northup was sold to a man named William Ford. Northup was very fond of Ford and state there was never a more kind, noble, candid, Christian man than William Ford (Northup, 62). Northups count on for his owner did not change the fact that he was stolen outside(a) from his family without their knowledge, and he would do anything to abridge back to them.\nFor the most part, the living and working conditions for slaves were pretty oftentimes the same fr...