Slaves were bought at a very high price. They were basically in the feilds from the dawn of day until night. Northern slaves and Southern slaves were treated differently. Southern slaves were given clothes food and shelter by their owners. While in the North it was not so. In the mid 1800 when some slaves in the north becamed freed they were forbade to enter the southern regions. Slaves owners argued that, their slaves may be influenced and could therefore cause rebellion. Salves had no power at all except for the slves codes. Slaves codes consists of rules pertainng to the rights that a slave may have. forexample, slaves could walk at night without their masters permission, but in the court of law slaves could not testify aganist a white person but if attacked they were allowed to defend themselves. in the 1800's slaves were extremley important both social Political and economical.