(December 20, 2014 at 1:43 pm)Sionnach Wrote:(December 20, 2014 at 1:40 pm)Drich Wrote: Haven't you ever heard of a slave buying his own freedom back?!?!?! If A Slave is not EVER paid then how is it possible that a slave could raise the $400-600/80K today's dollars to buy themselves freedom?
You idiot, brush up on your History. Slaves bought their freedom through the service they provided to their masters.
Of course, history also shows that slave owners merely lied, allowing their slaves to believe that they could one day be free through the excellent service they provided; all in order to make them work better and harder.
Not to mention the link I provided also lists out the actual anual compensation of a slave in those times, so there is that. (Documentation that slaves were indeed compensated.)
