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Classified ads of the slave period often mentioned slaves' European instrumental skills to potential
  owners because

 
 

a. these were desirable skills to most whites
  b. this usually meant a slave had property (the instrument) that could be used by someone
  else or sold
  c. owners liked to know ahead of time if there were hobbies that might distract slaves from
  their daily chores
  d. such skills made them less valuable and disclosure laws had been established

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