If a slave runs away or strikes a white person: (1690)
-1st offense
+severely whipped
+slitting the nose
+burning some parts of his face with a hot iron
-2nd offense
+R on their cheek
+might loose a ear
3rd offense
+castrating male slaves
+branding R on female
4th offense
+cutting tendon in one leg
5th offense (last offense)
+death
From this, I'm pretty sure you can tell that slaves were living in strict conditions. Running away is horrible to the owner because the slaves were purchased with their hard earned cash (so they can start making easy earned cash). It looked like they had chances until their inevitable. Just don't strike your owner 3 times. The slave owners make sure the slaves do not get educated so they don't have the knowledge to revolt. The slave owners would drill into the slaves brain that they are animals.
Source - Slave codes in South Carolina document
-1st offense
+severely whipped
+slitting the nose
+burning some parts of his face with a hot iron
-2nd offense
+R on their cheek
+might loose a ear
3rd offense
+castrating male slaves
+branding R on female
4th offense
+cutting tendon in one leg
5th offense (last offense)
+death
From this, I'm pretty sure you can tell that slaves were living in strict conditions. Running away is horrible to the owner because the slaves were purchased with their hard earned cash (so they can start making easy earned cash). It looked like they had chances until their inevitable. Just don't strike your owner 3 times. The slave owners make sure the slaves do not get educated so they don't have the knowledge to revolt. The slave owners would drill into the slaves brain that they are animals.
Source - Slave codes in South Carolina document