what basic rights did slavery deny back in the 1700's?

Answer 1

Every basic political and humane right there existed at the time. Freedom, education, wages. they were even denied the right to be called human, being thought of as an inferior species...sub-human by some estimations.
As it pertains only to the slaves here, in North America, slaves were given no freedom of choice in how to live their lives, they were allowed no liberties by their owners, and they certainly did not get to freely pursue any happiness without risking punishment.

Answer 2

Individual rights in the Western world of 1700 cannot be view the same as today. Different parts of the world viewed the institution of slavery differently. For example, in Africa slavery that is practiced today is much the same as in was in 1700.

In 1700 there was no United States in that the Americas were controlled primarily by Spain, France and England. In the Americas slavery had various forms from the basic full ownership of others to qualified ownership such as indentured servitude. In most places, (certainly not all) slaves could often acquire some wealth and eventually purchase their freedom. This was a common practice going far back prior to the Roman empire. The reason for this was quite sound (from the slave owner’s perspective) a slave (depending on what type of work they were trained to do) had a few short years of high productivity. Prior to that period there was an investment in the slave of training them and post that period their worth began to diminish with each year of aging. The slave who acquired their freedom purchase price would now be entirely on their own with the prior owner no longer responsible for upkeep. In addition the prior owner would have in place of the slave the funds to purchase a replacement. It was simply a matter of inventory investment.

There was a segment of prior slaves in America who earned this purchase price and bought their freedom. While their lives were better than being a slave they were not full citizens and here you can refer to the Drew Scott decision. However, most of these individuals were highly trained in specific trades (such as black smithing, brick manufacturing, etc.) and many of them even purchased their own slaves. This was most notable in the Southern Louisiana and New Orleans areas.

Post 1700 America the worth of the slave (its purchase price) grew much larger than was typically the norm making it increasingly difficult to acquire the purchase price. With the establishment of the Confederacy this value of the slave increased even more because the Confederate Constitution banned the importation of slaves to any Confederate territory. This is apposed to the Union of the United States where slavery (under federal law) was still legal and remained so until 1865 and the 13th Amendment.

Slave life was not something that any of us today would desire, however, it also was not typically the Simon Lagree stereotypical picture portrayed in most writings). Most cultures had slave treatment laws to protect the slave. Of course this often was dependant on the slave owner’s attitude.

Slave ability to act can be viewed as to the degree the slave was allowed to establish and project their self-image. This could vary from slave to slave. This who were work as no more than animals had little self image. On the same property there could be other slaves who even had some degree of education with some (few) even being taught to write.

There is not a simple single answer to the question.

Answer 3

What basic rights does your toaster possess? How about your pots and pans?

Slaves were not considered people. They were regarded as appliances and beasts of burden.

(Disclaimer for the person who thumbed me down: I do not support, condone, excuse, or advocate slavery. Just because I document the fact that slaves had the legal status of beasts of burden or a toaster does not mean -- repeat -- does NOT mean that I am actually comparing human beings to toasters or farm animals -- unless, of course, they have your level of intelligence, in which case it would be an insult to farm animals.)

Answer 4

Even more importantly, why don't you know the answer to this question already, just using common sense?

Answer 5

Liberty and pursuit of happiness, self-determination.

Answer 6

They had no rights, not even basic ones, they were treated as things, they were de-humanised by their owners.

Slavery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Colonial_America

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave