Why couldn't slaves earn property

they were property back then. the slave owners held them as their property, so anything the slaves had the slave owners could take, and back then rhey weren't even considered people, so they couldn't/ didnt have anything to call their own

i think its the outcome of people's preferences.

c 3 branches because idk why they had 3 well when:

you think of it there are still contrys with 3