African American Imperialism Research Paper

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Donovan Mayers Ms.Barret English Composition 17 November 2015 On January 31, 1865 passed by congress, and then ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States but somehow the suffering of African Americans continued for another 100 years. People have always found alternative ways to blindly oppress African Americans within this country. Hundreds of years ago when after colonization the plantations in the united states grew by a large number and the demand for free labor increased exponentially particularly due to the demand on tobacco and cotton. The plantation owners were trying to find workers because originally the people who worked for free labor were white poor slaves and indentured servants. Nathaniel Bacon was a white property owner who was upset by the …show more content…

Owners decided the best thing for them was to ship in slaves from Africa instead of the ones from Europe because they knew that the Africans wouldn’t be a problem and more likely to conform to their rules and regulations. They knew Africans couldn’t concoct a plan to come together and overthrow authority like the white slaves and indentured servants did. The Concept of race is a relatively recent development. Only in the past centuries, owing largely to European imperialism, have the worlds people been classified along racial lines (Alexander, p.23). Native Americans and African slaves were labeled as savages simply due to the fact they were different and lived a different life from the European culture. Following the abolishment of slavery, racial segregation would emerge and spread throughout the south. The plantation owners hoped to reestablish a system of control that would ensure a low paid, submissive labor force. Segregation begun years earlier in the north, as an effort to prevent race mixing but never developed into a comprehensive system such as they did to African Americans in the south

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