With this labor service, 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 according to the form of slavery, in America they were divided according to skin color. Another similarity is the fact that women who were enslaved and gave birth to babies passed slavery on to their offspring. In Africa and the Americas, slaves were sold in markets and through other people. The price of slaves was also similar because people who bought slaves bought them for work and farming, in which a strong man was considered more expensive than a small one..