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Slave RentingSlave trading produced an ancillary institution called slave renting, or slave hiring. As slave traders transported slaves and distributed them throughout the South, some whites developed a need for short-term slave labor, but did not wish to own slaves, in some cases because they wanted to avoid the stigma of slave ownership. Source for information on Slave Renting: Gale Library of Daily Life: Slavery in America dictionary.