The most notable occurrence is slavery. By the seventeenth century, a large amount of black men and women had came to what is now the North of the states. As time passed, they became the only people that were enslaved in the country. Children, adults, and elders were forced into hard labor, bought and sold by white males like property. In fact, most owners did think of their slaves as objects. Mr. Stekloff’s third period class discovered how worthless they were viewed. Slaves could not own anything, yet they belonged to their masters and were manipulated by fear and a lack of information about the outside world. For those who had ignored commands, whippings and beatings were not uncommon. Life was dull and tough, especially for the young. Chapter 4.7 of History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism tells of a little boy: “Olaudah Equiano was just ten years