What are slave owners?

A slave owner is someone who has other people work for them without paying them fairly, like they’re forced to do the job.

Imagine you have a toy box full of your favorite toys, and your big brother says, “You can’t play with these unless you clean my room and cook his dinner.” That’s kind of how slavery works. A slave owner is like that big brother, they get to use other people’s work without giving them fair treats or rest.

A slave owner has slaves, who are people who have to do hard work for the slave owner every day, often with no say in what happens. It's like if you had to go to school and do your brother’s chores at the same time, all day long!

Sometimes, a slave owner can even decide where their slaves live and how they are treated.

In normal jobs, people get paid for their work. But slaves don’t get wages, they just have to do what the slave owner says, like in a big family with unfair rules.