Can someone help me understand this question?

Question

So, on my social studeis assignment it says List 3 ways that slave owners acquired slaves... Umm what is this asking?? Or better yet what does acquired mean?? Thanks

Answer 1

acquired means to obtain, to get. 3 ways I can think of to get Slaves were to buy them, to inherit them or be given them./

Answer 2

Simply: Acquired means "got." Two ways a man might have gotten slaves were to buy them at an auction or inherit them. Other than that I dont know. If a slave had children the owner got to keep them as his slaves. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Acquired means to get something, so the question is asking how did slave owners get their slaves. (Like they bought them, traded for them, and slaves they owned gave birth to children which the owners then owned too) Good luck!

Answer 4

acquired means "to accrue" or "to take possession of".
The question wants to know 3 ways people got slaves.

Answer 5

from what I understand is that the question is where did the slave owners got their slaves from, acquired means "to come into possession or ownership of"

Answer 6

ummm aquired is how they got them...they bought them at an auction, they could've traded if they were in debt, and there was the "grab and go" auctioned, where the master would run in the area that slaves were kept when the gates opened and grab the ones they wanted. they would pick the strongest first, splitting up families.

Answer 7

1. buying
2. slave had a baby
3. bought slaves way to America and then held them as a slave.

Answer 8

Some purchased them in auctions, some traded goods for slaves, Aquired = how they got them.

Answer 9

Aquire: Get hold of them some of the ways peeople got hold of slaves are: Bought them of dealers, found them and bought them at auctions

Answer 10

um, honey - you need to put down the phone or log off the pc and get a tutor. all it is asking is 3 ways they got their slaves (such as buying at an auction, trading, etc.)