Is Slavery Good Or Bad

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Back in the early 1850s, life for blacks was hard and cruel. Being called a slave was the worst back then. Because you didn't mean anything to anyone. They were just put to work from the morning they got up until night every single day.
Seeming never to have from early 1850 to now.

It's sad to say but there is still slavery going on all around the world and it kills me that slavery has not been annihilated from this world. Most slave owners have some kind of punishment for either disobeying a command, betrayal, failing to do a task. And for the punishment, it could be multiple things either slashes with a whip, losing fingers and toes, pulling teeth, and even branding. All slaves need to have some kind of mark of their dominance brand or

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