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The slaves had no freedom, and they had to work hard for their masters. After their master died, they were killed or buried alive to serve their masters in the underworld. People believed the after-life world at that time. During Xia Dynasty, the farming work was done mostly by the slaves. Jie, the last king of Xia, was noted for his cruelty. Tang led the tribe leaders who were against Jie to fight with Jie. Tang won the battles, and Jie was killed, which marked the end of Xia.
However, after Tang established Shang Dynasty, there was no improvement of the live of slaves, and slavery was further developed during Shang. Not only the captured people after battles between tribes and countries were turned into slaves, but also the people in the same tribe who could hardly make a living and had to work for the other people were turned into slaves
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The slaves would sleep in the streets or stables then wake up early to start doing their jobs. Slaves were punished brutally and they were without any freedom at all meaning if they tried to escape they would be punished harder. The slaves would be left to feed themselves with disgusting, rotten and old food since that's all that they could get. Many slaves didn't live long since their bodies got weaker through all the punishment and famine so more and more free people started to get captured so there were more slaves.
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