But the masters and slaves never approached equality. The standard image of Southern slavery is that of a large plantation with hundreds of slaves. In fact, such situations were rare. Fully 3/4 of ...

the "Confederate Senate and House of Representatives at Richmond were debating the grave question of putting arms in the hands of the Southern slaves to aid in accomplishing what has otherwise ...

Peonage, also called debt slavery or debt servitude ... However, after Reconstruction, many Southern black men were swept into peonage though different methods, and the system was not completely ...

Life in the Southern plantations was often terrible. The treatment of enslaved people could be very harsh.