This myth that the civil war wasn t fundamentally a conflict over slavery would have been a.
Vis mat cultures slavery.
Slaves were the state s major product at the time.
An even smaller percentage worked as laborers or craftsmen carpenters masons and blacksmiths.
The south seceded from the union over the issue of states rights not slavery.
On occasion material culture could also become a mode of covert communication between slaves.
In much the same way they viewed slave marriage planters also saw religion as a means of controlling their slaves and they encouraged it.
First i note that there are probably more than one definition of slavery.
Second i note that the question asks about cultures.
Slavery as an economic institution.
Egypt mesopotamia greece rome italy sicily russia china france spain great britain and most every civilized people before the usa was involved in slavery.
A small percentage of slaves were domestic servants working in a planter s main house as cooks nursemaids seamstresses and coachmen.
Slave religion and culture.
Some scholars believe for instance that quilting patterns encoded directions for navigating the.
Slaves in a prayer house built on the plantation or at services in their master s nearby church heard time and again a simple sermon obey your master and do not steal or lie.
In response to this many slaves would practice their culture in secret so it was not to be forgotten.
Nonetheless studies have shown that there were aspects of slave culture that differed from the master culture.
In 1860 slaves in the us were valued at a total of 4 billion.
Not all were are the mercilessly brutal form practiced in the new world in recent centuries.
They quickly became a sort of currency and were more valuable than gold.
By forcing them to follow a different religion than the one they practiced the brazilians were taking away the slaves culture.
Between 1774 and 1804 all of the.
Slave breeding became the mainstay of states like virginia which quickly became a top exporter of slaves to other colonies.
Torn out of their own cultural milieus they were expected to abandon their heritage and to adopt at least part of their enslavers culture.
Slavery itself was never widespread in the north though many of the region s businessmen grew rich on the slave trade and investments in southern plantations.
