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Originally posted by cold_ice
Your wrong. It was against the law to teach a black person to read in most southern states. If they were found with a book they would get whipped in public.
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From what I understand, this is true.
Someone already said it...they took good enough care of the slaves to allow them to do the work. You don't buy an ox to plow your fields and whip the thing to death for shits and giggles.
Some of the slave owners probably did take good care of their slaves and treat them like extended family (sort of). The large plantations most likely treated them like livestock.