The Pros And Cons Of Brutal Treatment Of Slaves

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According to Liza Fox, coping with brutal treatment wasn’t easy. From 1750 to 1901 slaves were treated so inhumanly with no respect. Along the way there were many advantages and disadvantages. Slaves perused to keep working hard so they could head home to their families, otherwise several would die because of the brutality in the environment and the torturous treatment. Every slave used different ways to cope as they all felt differently about this setting. The most common coping grounds included entertainment, rebellion and distractions. From the very beginning slaves had to endure brutal conditions and these were the common copying procedures. (ASK FOR HELP) Rebellion was a frequent coping ground for many slaves as majority were so jaded by the way their masters were treating them. They used acts of rebellion to help them cope as they were so irritated by the brutality and the inhumane treatment. escaping would be a risky option as it would only work if you were on dry land. Escaping would include effectively making sure no individual was watching, the preparation was lengthy and when the time was right it was manifested. Most masters wouldn’t recognize they had escaped because they couldn’t keep count. For example: Slaves would wait until dusk as they had more of a chance to retreat, this …show more content…

Slaves would take their learning skills from the past to construct distinctive tools for the use of murder. This would include: Knives, axes, whips and guns. This procedure took preparation and time. Several were caught as they weren’t careful, this ended in the result of a painful death but other’s got away easily. According to Evan Andrew’s piece about the Spartacus and the Third Servile War, Spartacus was a group of small slaves from a gladiator school that escaped using kitchen utensils and weapons to harm their

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