How Does Slavery Affect Society

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Even today history of slavery is still being taught and learned, this is not a new topic that is being talked about. In all actuality slavery, has been talked about since 1619. It was a major year and turning point for slavery because it was made aware that “Africans” were being caught and transported to Jamestown to tend to tobacco crops, indigo crops and many other crops. Among all the information pertaining to slavery, there is many studies being conducted to enhance the understanding of slavery and how it has impacted the past and present societies. Slavery, has made a huge impact on today’s society and it will continue to impact future societies. The purpose of the extensive research is to help restore history. Slavery has a very harsh past and even today hundreds of years later it still has a huge …show more content…

That was when blacks could fight for their own freedom. Even though slavery was “abolished” from the United States as well as the whole world, the fields were still short many workers and machinery, which in return made most of the labor to be done by hand. These events are like the events that happened at Chesapeake Bay, when it was hard for officers to handle laborers. The events that followed have been haunting to Americas history. Due to history and events the present is still being strongly impacted by slavery, but not in terms of placing chains on the African culture, but instead presenting racist patterns (O’Connell, 2012). After researching slavery’s history extensively this paper will be a source that presents information regarding to the impact that slavery has had on past and present society as well as a detailed history of slavery. Even though slavery was “abolished” from the USA it will continue to root its ugly head into society and the psychological affects that slavery still has on contemporary

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