Revival History

Slave Breeding in the US: How Enslaved Africans were Bred Like Livestock in the 19th Century Slave breeding was a practice that occurred in the antebellum United States, in which slave owners would breed enslaved Africans for the purpose of increasing their economic value as property. This practice had significant implications for the black race, as it served to perpetuate the institution of slavery and perpetuated the idea that black Africans were inferior and subhuman. The couple of years following the prohibition of slave importation into the US was an era of slave farming. After 1808, slave labor was a scarce commodity in the United States. It was a period that heralded the collapse of a highly lucrative business where the stock traded were humans whose lives were as perishable as autumn leaves. But the slave owners were good businessmen. They knew that no business survives with borders closed on supplies. These slavepreneurs did what every good business man would do, they found a...

Slave Breeding in the US: How Enslaved Africans were Bred Like Livestock in the 19th Century Slave breeding was a practice that occurred in the antebellum United States, in which slave owners would breed enslaved Africans for the purpose of increasing their economic value as property. This practice had significant implications for the black race, as it served to perpetuate the institution of slavery and perpetuated the idea that black Africans were inferior and subhuman. The couple of years following the prohibition of slave importation into the US was an era of slave farming. After 1808, slave labor was a scarce commodity in the United States. It was a period that heralded the collapse of a highly lucrative business where the stock traded were humans whose lives were as perishable as autumn leaves. But the slave owners were good businessmen. They knew that no business survives with borders closed on supplies. These slavepreneurs did what every good business man would do, they found an...