Slavery is the enslavement of people by other people. Slaves were primarily African-American in New England, though there were some Native American slaves. They were forced to do what they were told. Their owners could make the slaves hang themselves if they wanted to and it would still be legit. This is exactly what happened to Venture Smith. Slaves had no rights besides the rights that were given to them by their owners, and sometimes …showed first 75 words of 483 total…

…showed last 75 words of 483 total…the chickens. There were so many jobs to be done that you almost never found a slave resting. It was not always plantations that had extra slaves. Every once in a while you would find a wealthy man who had so much money and was so lazy that he bought four or five slaves just so he wouldn't have to do anything. This was very rare, but there were certain times when this was true.