Unlike the Atlantic slave trade, where the male-to-female ratio was 2:1, the slave trade Arab slaves generally had a higher female-to-male ratio. report. Concubinage and reproduction served as incentives for the importation of female slaves, although many were also imported primarily to perform household chores. In both continents, everything a slave owned automatically belonged to his master. However, in Arabia a slave may be allowed to earn money to purchase his freedom and, similarly, to pay dowry if he were to marry, with marriage requiring the consent of the master beforehand. If the master must use his slave for sexual purposes, he cannot cohabit with a slave owned by his wife, nor have relations with a slave if she is a co-owner or already married. In America, a man can have relations with a slave, but it is not very likely, because it is taboo and not approved. For a male slave in Arabia, options were limited, if he was already castrated (which was a familiar practice). , they were used as eunuchs, mainly in the service of mosques or for the protection of harems. A system of plantation labor, developed very early, but with such terrible consequences, these were relatively rare and often reduced. The need for agricultural labor, in Islam with large peasant populations, was nowhere near as critical as in the Americas, so this was not very successful and slaves in general were mainly destined for the sector services, the men being cooks, porters and/or soldiers. Although slaves were sometimes employed for manual purposes during the Arab slave trade, this was generally the exception rather than the norm. In America, slaves were guaranteed hard work designed exclusively for men like gravediggers, plowmen... middle of paper... clean. If the master does not have sufficient wealth to facilitate this, he must sell, lease, or manumit the slave as ordered. Masters were encouraged to educate slaves, teach them to write/read, etc. Slave owners had no right to harm a slave under Islamic rule, unless the slave had committed a crime for which the punishment would be lessened. In America, slaves did not have the right to demand that food be of the same quality as that of the master. The treatment of slaves in the United States was generally brutal and degrading. Whipping, execution, and sexual abuse were common ways to get a slave to “behave.” Slaves were not educated so as not to encourage them to escape or rebel. Punishment was most often meted out in response to disobedience or perceived infractions, but slaves were also sometimes abused to assert dominance over their master or overseer...