Slaves use to walk in what was called a "coffle" an African term derived from the Arabic word cafila, a chained slave caravan. Use to "walk" chained together up 100-500 or more miles in severe weather conditions, hot days, cold days, rainy days. Pregnant women use to walk in also in these coffle.
The chains were so tight around their wrist, that it would cause excruciating pain doing the walks..scabs were created from the iron clads, They would go days without baths, thus the scabs would attract, flies, lice, insects etc. They slept in the coffle/ iron clads.
Slave owners when mad would make the slaves go work out in the woods in the cold snowy weather with no boots.
Families would be separated, When the child of the family was being sold, the Dad of the family would not be present to see off his child. Only the mother would be able to see off that child once they have been sold.
The males/females would appear naked when an slave owner wanted to purchase them. The genitals would be examined, women would at times be raped on spot.
Slaves, the males would laugh at times to keep from crying when they were being bought by white men and shipped to Georgia. Georgia was the state every slave feared/hated going. They referred to the Georgia men who would come up to Virginia, and East Coast states and up North to purchase slaves as the boogie man.