Slavery in the United States
explanatory Essay
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"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it." - Roy P. Basler There is multiple reasons why slavery was necessary. There is still so much still in question from the start of slavery until now. Slavery shaped the United States for everything we have today. There are multiple reasons why slavery caused a lot of problems between the whites and the blacks. “We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people”. -Luther King, Jr Most African Americans were enslaved “95 percent of the African Americans in the United States was slaves.” (Problems of Slavery – Murphy). Many problems evolved due to slavery racism became a really big problem. The problem was that most slaves didn’t understand that there was other life out there they thought that because they were black that they had to be enslaved and couldn’t live their own lives. The African Americans were treated horrible by most white people; there were acceptations of people that believed in equality. A lot of people tried to abolish slavery and there were many key people but one main person was Harriet Tubman she was a slave and then eventually escaped and then she realized that she could help out many other slaves so she made many trips back and forth between the north and the south to free other slaves. During her prime she had a $40,000("Harriet Tubman"). Dollar bounty on her if she was caught but she had such a strategic plan that it was extremely hard to catch. She had made at least 19 trips and no single slaves ever got caught and take them back. Some slaves died on their travels but it was because of age and their bodies were not ready for the journey to freedom. She helped the United States learn more about Slavery so they could help abolish it. She is one of the more famous figures from this time period that really helped get the United States up and going. There were many possible jobs that the slaves could have after they were set free or were let on lease due to not having enough work to do. They were not paid well or they didn’t make any money they worked for free it was hard for them to find a job because of their race because racism was at its highest peak at this time.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that slavery shaped the united states for everything we have today.
- Opines that slavery caused a lot of problems between the whites and the blacks.
- Narrates how harriet tubman helped the united states learn more about slavery so they could help abolish it.
- Explains that there were many possible jobs that the slaves could have after they were set free or were let on lease due to not having enough work to do. they were not paid well or they didn’t make any money.
- Opines that slavery in the revolution era revealed both the potential for radical change and its failure.
- Explains that the revolution era was known as the time of freeing slaves and a major change in the number of enslaved african americans.
- Explains slavery in america began when the first african slaves were brought to the north american colony of jamestown, virginia, in 1619. slavery was practiced throughout the american colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Explains that america's westward expansion and abolition movement in the north led to the civil war. the legacy of slavery continued to influence american history.
- Explains how abolitionists changed the way the slaves lived. welfare was the hallmark of living and they created designs that were less complex but had similar blueprints.
- Opines that slavery will never end along with racism from the ways that the slaves were treated. there is always something good that comes out of every experience.
- Cites bradford, sarah, and gilderleherman insutute of american history.
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- Slavery in Colonial Americaexplanatory essaySlavery in Colonial America The first arrivals of Africans in America were treated similarly to the indentured servants in Europe. Black servants were treated differently from the white servants and by 1740 the slavery system in colonial America was fully developed. Slavery as it existed in America was a practice founded on the chattel principle. Slaves were treated as human chattel to be traded, sold, used, and ranked not among beings, but among things, as an article of property to the owner or possessor.
In this essay, the author
- Explains slavery in colonial america was a practice founded on the chattel principle. slaves were traded, sold, used, and ranked not among beings, but among things, as an article of property to the owner or possessor.
- Explains that the american slave system was based on the principle of human chattlehood, which gave the master unlimited control over his defenseless slave.
- Explains that race was a very important factor in american slavery. in other nations, slaves would be of the same race as their master.
- Explains that slavery existed in every one of the colonies before the american revolution, but was abandoned in the north because it wasn't as profitable as it was to the south. slavery was an extremely important element in america's economy because of tobacco and cotton plantations.
- Explains that americans were beginning to become dissatisfied with their mother nation and were waging a war of resistance against the british colonial government.
- Explains that jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, which celebrated human rights and personal freedom, and indicted king george for promoting slavery in america.
- Explains how abolitionist movements became more widespread in their fight for the emancipation of slaves with the conflict of the missouri compromise in 1820.
- Opines that slavery was a major pillar in america, and it was not easy to simply erase something that existed in the nation's history.
- Cites becker, eddie, and goodell, william. the slave community: plantation life in the antebellum south.
791 wordsRead More - Taking a Look at Slavery in Americaexplanatory essaySlavery is a long history that has happened in the United States of America. For years the south in the United States long had slaves working out on the fields, picking cotton or some other task the slave masters had for them. Some had it a bit easier then the ones out on the fields doing domestic chores inside the slaves master house. The slaves weren’t able to read or write and for a reason it was kept like that. The women who worked inside the house could be known as a sex object for the slave master. The “southern code of conduct” did not protect slave women. The religious messages the slaves took from black Christianity contradicted what their master church has been telling them. Men ran away more often then women due to many reasons. Lastly, the Louisiana Purchase helped sustain slavery in the south.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that slavery has a long history in the united states of america. the south had slaves working out on the fields, picking cotton or doing domestic chores inside the slave master house.
- Explains that it was a crime to teach slaves to read and write because the masters wanted to have the upper hand and thought if they learned literacy they would be able to survive on their own.
- Explains that a female domestic slave's relationship with the slave master would be rough and the mistress would always feel tension between the master and female slave.
- Explains that slaves were just property, a flesh of meat that picked cotton and did hard labor for the benefit of the slave masters and his business.
- Explains that men were more frequently to try and run away from the plantations, whereas women were less hesitate to run because they had children and didn't want to risk it for their own good.
- Explains that the louisiana purchase helped sustain slavery because it got more southern land with rich soil and farming. the result of more land and more plantations results in more slaves being shipped to the united states.
- Explains that slaves took from christianity and from what they were being taught at the master's church is that they are human beings.
- Opines that slavery was a business to the slave masters. they were cruel and these slaves had no rights to defend themselves.
- Explains that the louisiana purchase made the slave trade bigger than it already was. these slave masters saw the opportunity to gain monetary and took advantage of those that had no rights in the south.
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- Explains slavery was a harsh, degrading, and painful part of american history, but due to the suffering of so many african americans, laws were written and put into action that we still live by today.
- Explains that slaves were imported, bought, sold, stripped of freedoms and treated as property. they worked on plantations and farms.
- Analyzes how frederick douglass and harriet a. jacobs gave real life stories of what it was like to live as a slave.
- Explains that slavery was illegal in the north 1787, but the u.s. constitution did not ban the slave trade. the civil war began in 1861, the emancipation proclamation was issued by president abraham lincoln.
- Explains that the united states constitution is the "good" that has come from slavery. it was written and adopted september 17, 1787, and was active march 4, 1789.
- Opines that slavery of african americans is a negative part of american history, but today we have become an american that works hard on protecting the freedoms and equalities of everyone.
695 wordsRead More - The Life of a Slave during American Historycomparative essayThe cause of slavery is very important to the history of America for some. Many think that capitalism started slavery. With this form of civilization, religion and economy were involved, making church and state ruled together when they should be ruled separately. Most slavery was based on the racial differences, another part of capitalism, but it also said that blacks, or otherwise known as “Negroes,” were impersonal. Capitalism started as evil was spreading in the South and soon made its way to the New England and Middle colonies. This lifestyle didn’t work as most of the people were of the gentry class, and were sybarites, wanting people to do the work for them. There were first indentured servants to do the jobs, but they wouldn’t stay forever to work on the farms and plantations. The indentured servants would only stay until they had payed of what they owed when the upper class paid for their trip to America. Mostly farmers and plantation owners wanted slaves because they would be people who would work for them until their death. They didn’t want those who would end up leaving after a while, so slavery ended up starting. People were importing blacks from Africa and imported them by using the Middle Passage. Slavery soon became a big importance in America, and the slaves were given certain occupations instead of becoming free like everyone else who came to America from Europe.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that slavery was based on racial differences, but blacks, or otherwise known as "negroes," were impersonal. capitalism spread in the south and soon made its way to the new england and middle colonies.
- Explains that the punishment of the wrongdoing of slaves was critical. whipping and branding, a roman practice, appeared early with vicious audacity.
- Compares the living quarters of plantation and farm slaves with those of urban and household ones.
- Compares how urban and rural slaves differed from the living quarters. urban, household, plantation, and farm, had hardly any clothes, but the owners didn't care about their health.
- Explains that slave trade was one of the most important things during colonial america. bidders from all over would swarm in to buy slaves.
- Explains that slave auctions were a big deal, as they were known everywhere. they were taken off the ship and bathed in grease or tar to make them look healthier.
- Explains that as america was a new nation, colonial safety was already plummeting. people were getting killed or punished by the slaves.
- Explains how abraham lincoln, the sixteenth president of the united states, started to look into the arising problem of slave revolts and lowered safety. lincoln tried to gain support by having slave-owners give up their slaves.
- Explains that slave occupations were difficult in the colonial era, but most of the difficulty depended on the slaves' location. the most widely contributed occupation was the plantation slave.
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- Explains that slavery was the main resource used in the chesapeake region's tobacco plantations. slaves were a cheap and abundant resource, which could be easily replaced at any time.
- Describes how the colonies of virginia and maryland were settled in the early 17th century. they had limited labor and were constantly raided by native americans.
- Explains that colonists imported slaves from south america in hopes that they would live longer and be more manageable to control.
- Explains that indentured servants helped the colonies progress their population. they helped ward off native americans from attacking settlers.
- Explains that in the late 17th century, the supply of indentured servants from europe started to decrease. the labor crisis brought a lot of tension between the plantation owners
- Analyzes how the tensions between the two conflicting sides led to the bacon's rebellion in 1676. the rebellion marched to jamestown and captured it.
- Explains that africans were savages because of their rituals, religion, and skin color. virginia made a series of laws to separate themselves from their heathenness acts.
- Explains that virginia assembly ruled that if the master of a slave were to kill his slave, he would not be charged of murder. the ideals of slavery were merged into the chesapeake region in 1710.
- Explains that slavery is a direct result of the need for labor in plantations and large farms. when they turned to indenture servants the supply was low and they became rebellious after their terms were up.
1202 wordsRead More - Slavery in the United Statesexplanatory essaySlavery in the United States In the history of the United States nothing has brought more shame to the face of America than the cold, premeditated method of keeping black people in captivity. People from England who migrated to America used many different methods to enslave black people and passed them down through the children. These methods were quite effective, so effective that these “slaves” were kept in captivity for over two hundred years in this country. It was the rain of terror that kept black people in fear of their lives for so long. The invention of the gun back in the fifth-teenth century was the main reason that these people were able to go to another continent and enslave so many people.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that slavery in the united states brought shame to the face of america. people from england who migrated to america used many different methods to enslave black people.
- Explains that the invention of the gun back in the fifth-teenth century was the main reason that black people were kept in captivity for over two hundred years.
- Explains that africans were enslaved on another continent and were mistreated mentally and physically. they were tightly packed on ships for months at a time.
- Explains that as the population increased in the colonies during the 1600’s, so did the demand for slavery especially in southern colonies where the big plantations were.
- Opines that the slaves were barbaric and not smart enough to be civilized. they owned huge houses and thought of themselves as noblemen.
- Explains that the europeans who owned slaves thought that they were not smart enough because they could not speak english and they did not have a written language.
- Explains that the slaves started having children, and the demand for them dropped while the market for selling them and their children went up. if a person was born to one, they were automatically born into slavery.
- Opines that colonists believed that every man is born with the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Opines that their ignorance to this fact is not what kept them in slavery for so though. they knew they would be made an example of if they tried to escape.
- Opines that slaves who rebelled or acted up would be beaten badly with whips, punished by starving in the basement, or just shot.
- Explains that they started learning that not all black people in the country were enslaved. by word of mouth or by reading, they began to learn that slavery did not exist up north.
- Explains that the underground railroad was a dangerous plan. white people would help some slaves escape, but nobody could trust anybody back then.
- Explains that white people would hide runaway slaves for the day so they could continue to head towards the northern states during the night for their freedom. one slave that had escaped was fredrick douglas.
- Narrates how a well-spoken black man, who was brave, prepared an audience of white people and told them what was going on down south.
- Opines that greed for money through free labor, supply and demand, and gun power is what created slavery.
- Explains that fear in the eyes of the slaves kept them working under such poor conditions everyday, while their friends and family could be sold away at any place or place.
- Opines that slavery is the number one event in our country's history that has led to the civil war.
1039 wordsRead More - Slavery in Colonial Americacomparative essaySlavery became of fundamental importance in the early modern Atlantic world when Europeans decided to transport thousands of Africans to the Western Hemisphere to provide labor in place of indentured servants and with the rapid expansion of new lands in the mid-west there was increasing need for more laborers. The first Africans to have been imported as laborers to the first thirteen colonies were purchased by English settlers in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 from a Dutch warship. Later in 1624, the Dutch East India Company brought the first enslaved Africans in Dutch New Amsterdam.
In this essay, the author
- Explains slavery became of fundamental importance in the early modern atlantic world when europeans decided to transport thousands of africans to the western hemisphere to provide labor in place of indentured servants.
- Explains that early english settlers in the lower chesapeake bay region learned to cultivate tobacco from the native americans.
- Explains that rice was one of the most intensive and extensive crops developed in colonial north america and helped shape the development of societies in south carolina and georgia.
- Explains that new england colonists acquired enormous profits from the transatlantic slave trade between england, africa and america and more so from slavery itself.
- Explains that the louisiana purchase in 1803 created four new states, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, and arkansas. the invention of the cotton gin by eli whitney in 1794 helped increase the production of cotton.
- Concludes that the foundation of american economy lay in the back breaking toil and sweat of slave labor.
846 wordsRead More - Slavery in America between 1800 and 1860analytical essayBetween 1800 and 1860 slavery in the American South had become a ‘peculiar institution’ during these times. Although it may have seemed that the worst was over when it came to slavery, it had just begun. The time gap within 1800 and 1860 had slavery at an all time high from what it looks like. As soon as the cotton production had become a long staple trade source it gave more reason for slavery to exist. Varieties of slavery were instituted as well, especially once international slave trading was banned in America after 1808, they had to think of a way to keep it going – which they did. Nonetheless, slavery in the American South had never declined; it may have just come to a halt for a long while, but during this time between 1800 and 1860, it shows it could have been at an all time high.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that slavery in the american south had become a 'peculiar institution' between 1800 and 1860. the cotton production gave more reason for slavery to exist.
- Explains how the expansion of agriculture led to the growth of cotton in the southern areas, and how wealthy planters started a 'business' by having their slaves work the cotton plantations.
- Explains that slavery was a different ball game than the gang system, which was implicated on the cotton, tobacco, and sugar plantations.
- Explains that the last form of slavery that was in full effect at this time was mostly applicable to african-american women.
- Analyzes how slavery in the 1800s and 1860s was at its highest. with the rise of the economy, a new and full-proof labor force, and black and whites, it was illegal.
724 wordsRead More - Slavery In Colonial Americaexplanatory essaySlavery in Colonial America Slavery was created in pre-revolutionary America at the start of the seventeenth century. By the time of the Revolution, slavery had undergone drastic changes and was nothing at all what it was like when it was started. In fact the beginning of slavery did not even start with the enslavement of African Americans. Not only did the people who were enslaved change, but the treatment of slaves and the culture that each generation lived in, changed as well. When America was first founded the colonists believed that they could do one of two things.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that slavery was created in pre-revolutionary america at the start of the seventeenth century. by the revolution, slavery had undergone drastic changes.
- Explains how indentured servitude began in colonial america. the colony was in desperate need of people who could work the fields to help continue the growth of their cash crop, tobacco.
- Explains that the first african americans that were put to work in jamestown were not treated in the way that people traditionally think of early slavery.
- States that massachusetts, connecticut, and virginia were of the first states to legalize slavery. with crops prospering, the need for slaves was increasing at an alarming rate.
- Describes the new york slave conspiracy of 1741, where slaves started rioting and killing colonists.
- Explains how missionaries began teaching slaves how to read and write and preaching the word of god. slaves began to sing songs about god and begin to preach about the freedom that he would one day bring.
- Analyzes how one question sums up the entire revolution and shows exactly how corrupt the colonists were.
- Explains that the african american culture has been shaped around what their ancestors were put through and the struggles that they endured.
- Explains davis, thomas j., the new york slave conspiracy of 1741 as black protest.
- Explains johnson, charles, patricia smith, and wgbh series research team. africans in america.
1702 wordsRead More - Slavery During the 1800sanalytical essaySlavery in the eighteenth century was worst for African Americans. Observers of slaves suggested that slave characteristics like: clumsiness, untidiness, littleness, destructiveness, and inability to learn the white people were “better.” Despite white society's belief that slaves were nothing more than laborers when in fact they were a part of an elaborate and well defined social structure that gave them identity and sustained them in their silent protest.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that slavery in the eighteenth century was worst for african americans. observers of slaves suggested that slave characteristics like clumsiness, untidiness, littleness, destructiveness and inability to learn the white people were better.
- Explains that slaves expressed themselves with some freedom from white slave owners, while religion provided a feel of similar freedom and gave them mental support.
- Explains that slaves tried to work at their own pace and resist speedups to avoid overwork. they knew that permanent escape was unlikely unless they lived near free territory.
- Explains how slaves refused to accept punishment and battled with their white masters who were trying to give punishment. slave resistance was rarely successful because most master would not tolerate it.
- Analyzes how slaves' masters tried to erase african culture from their slave's memories. they insisted that slavery had rescued blacks from africa and introduced them to the "superior" white civilization.
- Explains the main goal of resistance from slaves was to survive and insure the most decent life possible.
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