The slaveholders were paid for their work, they didn’t receive the money themselves.
If you were to be taken prisoner today by a bunch of people who only spoke an unknown language to you, it would take a while, but you would learn it eventually. In normal circumstances, it should take an adult 2-4 years of immersion to develop fluency in the goal language. These would not be ideal circumstances, so it’s probably closer to 3-6 years. If there were a 14 year old in your group, it would go much faster. With a six year old, it’s even faster.
The slaveholders were paid for their work, they didn’t receive the money themselves.
If you were to be taken prisoner today by a bunch of people who only spoke an unknown language to you, it would take a while, but you would learn it eventually. In normal circumstances, it should take an adult 2-4 years of immersion to develop fluency in the goal language. These would not be ideal circumstances, so it’s probably closer to 3-6 years. If there were a 14 year old in your group, it would go much faster. With a six year old, it’s even faster.
Thanks for replying to LostMyMind.