A Day in the Life of a Pre-Civil War Slave Family. This paper is written about a day in the life of a slave family. As for economic opportunities, a slave really had none-as he or she could be traded, loaned out, or sold at the whim of his or her master. This meant that quite often slave women were treated more like breeders than mothers and had their children ripped from them. Pages: 5 Bibliography: 8 source(s) listed Filename: 19589 Life War Family.doc Price: 44.75