African Slave Trade
Various types of slavery before 1500 Various forms of slavery existed before 1500. Among these was the chattel slavery. In this form of slavery the slave is treated as the master’s property. In the 1500, slaves that worked in the cotton and sugarcane plantations were particularly treated in this manner. They were bought and sold as one would do with a personal property. Forced labor is another historical type of slavery in the period before 1500. In this type of slavery, the slaves were put to work for free in the farms as laborers and in homes as domestic workers but strictly under the instru ...