Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Slaves in the north were not treated better than in the south. In fact there is some evidence that the exact opposite was true. There were fewer slaves, and therefore different methods of control in the North; yet the underlying cruelty that pervaded the entire "peculiar institution" was present in the north and south. John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin were slave owners as was the family of William Seward, and Abraham Lincoln's relatives in Pennsylvania. William Penn was likewise a slave owner. There were instances of northern slave owners who forced their slaves to wear iron collars. At the battles of Lexington and Concord, widespread rumors of a slave revolt caused many people to barricade themselves inside and arm themselves with axes and clubs. This hardly suggests "easier lives" for slaves. In fact, elderly slaves in the south could anticipate some comfort and protection from their masters in their last years; northern states/colonies found it necessary to pass legislation to prevent slave owners from turning elderly slaves out into the streets.