slaves certain uniform patterns of behavior. Each slave had a certain schedule to abide by and specific chores to complete throughout the day (155). Slave life was particularly harsh in that owners would use various means to break the spirit of the men and women. Slave quarters were cramped, often containing at least two families (159). Some planters locked the cabin doors to slave quarters at night and "instituted a parol system to keep slaves in the quarters after hours" (43). The lash was the "linchpin" of the planters regime in making the slaves "submissive and deferential" (160). The slave master also used several other methods, such as having the slaves bow when in the planter's presence. Planters and overseers continuously told the slave he was "unfit for freedom" and that every slave attempting escape would be sold further South (160). To further add to slave humility, planters forced slaves to cheerfully perform their duties and show no sign of dissatisfaction (161).
             Finally slavery ended in 1865 with the end of the Civil War, the clash between North and South that was more about states rights than slavery. With the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln made slavery
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