With this labor service, both chattel and African slavery did not provide them with freedom, money, or dignity. Slaves were also divided into different classes or groups. But in a different way, in Africa they were divided by form of slavery, in America they were divided by skin color. Another similarity is the fact that women who were slaves and gave birth to children passed the slavery on to their offspring. In both Africa and the Americas, slaves were sold in markets and through other people. The price of slaves was also similar because people who purchased slaves bought them for work and farming, where a strong male was seen as more expensive than a small.