Slaves toiled 365 days a year on a plantation owned by a privileged class of rich white men. The plantation owners confiscated 100% of everything produced by their slaves.
The slaves were given free housing, free food, free healthcare in exchange for their labor. They were denied the rights that were guaranteed to free whites, including the right to own a gun. By classifying them as "persons", (legal fictions), giving them representation at only 3/5th's of the rate of whites and literally callin
