<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishUtumwa ulikuwa mkali na usio wa kibinadamu, na maisha ya familia yaliharibiwa kwa sababu baba walihama kutoka kwa mama na watoto wao.  <response>: Treatment of slaves was for the most part cruel and inhumane, with family life virtually destroyed as fathers were systematically split from mothers and their children. 