This turned out to be very important later when it came to the slave-master relationship. Small farmers who owned slaves were more likely to have a pleasant parent-child relationship, while large plantation owners often treated them as if they were easily replaceable animals. The small farmer often allowed his slave to dine with him and most likely remained under the same roof as the master. Most of the time masters of this status could not afford a separate home for their slaves. While larger farms and slave owners crammed them into barns and shelters wherever they could be found