"You will now give me your attention, slaves," the man in the light yellow shirt said, drawing our eyes to him.

Eight other plantations were divided among the remaining sons and his remaining daughters were given cash and slaves.

Ibn Battuta tells us several times that he was given or purchased slaves.

William and Frank were often chosen to serve as domestic servants, who were given responsibilities and privileges most slaves never enjoyed.

Such an account gave newly freed slaves an up-lifting view to help them deal with their freedom.

As was typical of planters, Jefferson made decisions about breaking up families when he gave slaves to his sisters and daughters as wedding presents.

Through they were not considered "upper-class", they were given food, clothing, jewels, land and slaves for their work.

I would have given the taan all the land and slaves they wanted and strong food for every meal.

We had nothing to strive for in the last century, because everything was given to us on a platter of gold by our servants--slaves," he admitted.

There was a slave class with both government- and privately owned slaves, and the government occasionally gave slaves to citizens of higher rank.