Slave Owners Role In Slavery

1. Introduction
Slavery is a disgusting reality which took place in few centuries ago. Some people who are called slave traders used human beings to obtain what they aimed to get; they usually had materialistic aims. The slave owners hadalso a main role in slave history as they bought slaves in markets to use them in the working fields or houses. The plantationwas the duty of the majority of slaves, but this type of job was not normal atthat time and for those people as they were deprived by their masters.
In slavery, black people suffered regardless gender and age, but it can be argued that women suffered more than men. Men enslaved, tortured and insulted; while women faced all of these, they were also raped and they had another issue which
He gives the example of marketing black women in the auctions. He simply says the entire body of black women wascommoditized. They were sold in the auctions as tools or anything else which can be marketed. They were exhibited and sold to the one who gave the highest price. Black women were put there like a commodity as they could not say anything. Their feelings and ideas were not considered. It is not fair to say that they were human beings as they did not receive any humanetreatment. It is even hard to say that they were animates because they were not more than a commodity for those who were marketing slaves. It can be said that they were animate commodities or just a different type of commodity which is used in agriculture or any other purpose. They were treated like animals and were marketed just like animals. The situation of animals might be better as they were used only in field works, but women were used for the house works and to meet the slave masters’ sexual desires. It can be argued that the slave women’s situation was worse than animals because of the mentioned reasons. Being treated such a treatment because of the color cannot be easy and their feelings can hardly be
Using them as a commodity started when they were captured and enslaved. Their status in slave markets and auctions is a great evidence for this argument. They were put there to be sold as a commodity. The prospectus slave owners came to those slave markets and picked up the ones they thought were good and strong enough. The slaves were sold to those who game the higher price; slaves’ feelings or futures were not important for the slave traders as they thought that slaves had no feelings and even were not human beings.
After working as slaves, black women started to be hurt not only spiritually but also physically. They were forced to work in the fields like men as an additional to other duties. Black women had to work in the house of their masters as servants. They did almost all types of works without considering their gender, feelings and physical power because they were seen no more than a “fragmented