Dbq Slave History

Slaves were not allowed to own any items for the reason that slaves were property themselves. The selling and purchasing of slaves is done under the idea that they are used as items and treated as items. Document 3 clearly stated slaves were unable to own any source of equipment of property.

Many occupations were carried out by slaves including jobs such as mining, marketing, and agriculture. Slaves were chosen for specific jobs dependent on their skills and strengths Slaves worked in agriculture, industries, commerce, miners, business managers guards servants and for entertainment and luxury as received from document 4 by wilbur. Wilbur researched and studied about slave history in accordance to his available resource and concluded tht slave

This was done through the markets in which multiple slaves were traded and sold in higher demand. Zhou Daguan in document 6 presented that slaves are presented in correspondence to wealth and class of the family. This was applied to in Cambodia 1296. Takedda would trade rely on trading in which slaves helped by their increasing demand as see in document 7. The author, Ibn Battuta, travelled for a living and his opinion on Takedda is made in comparison to other visits he has had in his lifetime. In document 9 Bernal Diaz presents that people in the markets valued slaves due to the comparison of silver and gold. The slaves were brought in and increased the amount of people in Tenochtitlan markets. The presented view of Bernal is brought from his mind when and cortez's mind when they arrive at the markets providing that slaves were a social power house in which he had not experience as seen from his

Continued along the lines, any money or items they receive is given to the owner. Sages of which had written in the Lawbook of manu reflect the ideas presented in culture and tradition along with the superior and high class. In Document 2, the letter presented by Paul holds similar text in which slaves did not contain any rights and were commanded from their master. Although Paul is against the general ideas of slavery due to his christian belief, he notes that slavery exists and that the slaves have no power. Documents 7 presents the view of slave trade which was due to the slaves being acted upon like property. This excerpt is written by a muslim traveller and he expresses that the slaves provide pride dependent on quantity and quality. Document 1 stated that work must be provided by the men who have payed debt through the slaving of his family. The Hammurabi's Code which provided the excerpt in document 1 is in correspondence to the high class due to the writing being done by the king