African American Slavery

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Many years ago the colonial United States of America was home to many African Americans and is still is but back then were all those people slaves (African-American Communities in the North )? Freedom was hard for African Americans but there race survived the long journey to freedom even though back then most them didn’t even know what they were going to do when they were released from there so called jobs back then. You see most slaves that were brought from Africa were not educated because they weren’t given any and had not that many skills that’s why it took there race so long to be where they are now. Also slaves weren’t only African Americans some people of European descent also were slaves (African Americans in the North , 2014). According to the article African Americans in Virginia slavery didn’t become firmly established until fifty years after the first African Americans came in 1619 in Virginia (African Americans in the North , 2014) . Also once slavery was established people could easily work of their deaths back then and once they were free they were expected to live as part of the community but some cities and counties made it very hard for them to live free According to the article The Colonial Period to the Present during the late 1800s African Americans weren’t so common but when the Europeans came they brought salves with them. The south saw a big opportunity with this and made an empire in the South of slaves. This grew all the way to the north and eventually took the whole country (African-American Communities in the North ). According to the article introduction to colonial African American life back then when slavery was new in the U.S.A it was easy working of your depth and later the African Americans coul...

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... fought for their rights at first they weren’t allowed to do anything and now women all around the world are getting more and more powerful. Not only can this but you see how now gays are being given rights. We can see how many stories of these African American stories have been turned into many great movies so we now hard there actual life was and Why it took them so long to become free Someday every race and sex will go through the journey to freedom and then everyone in this world would be free but this can’t be done alone. While we look back at what was once are dark past we thank God for the brave leaders all around the world who brought not only freedom with them but hope for a better tomorrow. Even African Americans had help from people of European descent because people like Abraham Lincoln new until everyone is free we are all slaves (Abraham Lincoln).

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