Slaves were usually Africans who were forced into North and South America. Africans had their own religion, culture, and traditions. However upon arriving at the states everything they knew and loved were stripped from them, their names were changed, they were separated from their families, raped and brutally abused, often leading to death. However, the abuse could only go but so far. In Souther, the court considered an owner who fatally beats his slave is liable for 1st° murder. Upon arriving, slaves were used for labor. Field slaves were meant to tend to the harvest in plantation fields. House slaves, on the other hand, worked domestic duties and caring (raising) for their owner's children. House slave was usually of lighter skin tone,
