Did slaves have slaves?

Some people who were slaves had other people as slaves too.

Imagine you're playing with toys. Sometimes, one toy can boss around another toy, like how a big dinosaur might tell a little mouse what to do. In the same way, some slaves had power over other slaves, and they made them work harder or do different jobs.

Sometimes, slaves were given special tasks or extra food, and they became kind of like bosses for other slaves. It was like being in charge of a group of friends on the playground, you get to decide who does what.

Also, some people who were slaves got to keep their own slaves when they moved to new places. It's like if your family went on vacation and brought your pet along, the pet is still yours, even though you're in a new place.

So yes, some slaves had slaves, just like sometimes bigger kids can boss around smaller ones.