Slavery in America was a very hard time for slaves. slaves were treated as if they were animals. The first person to try to abolish slavery was Benjamin Franklin in 1796. Until slavery was outlawed in the United States life was hard for african americans. The topics that will be discussed today are House Slaves, Field Slaves, and Lastly slave punishments.Here's a random fact about slavery, by 1860 American slaves were worth 41.3 billion dollars in today's money. Being a slave was very difficult. Although some house slaves lived in houses so they were available to assist their master in the middle of the night. Here are some other tasks of house slaves. A house slaves day started in the morning with the making of breakfast for their master
