They sleep in small huts on plantations
They talk in their own languages
They work from sunrise to sunset
they wear old and ill-fitting clothes
They use their birth name
they are not educated
they cannot read at all
Slaves were not allowed books, pen, ink, nor paper, and thus to no education
Slavedrivers/masters wanted to keep control on their slaves not only physically but also on their minds as well. Slavemasters considered eduction as a power.
