the development of slavery in America
explanatory Essay
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Slavery was the main resource used in the Chesapeake tobacco plantations. The conditions in the Chesapeake region were difficult, which lead to malnutrition, disease, and even death. Slaves were a cheap and an abundant resource, which could be easily replaced at any time. The Chesapeake region’s tobacco industries grew and flourished on the intolerable and inhumane acts of slavery. Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland were settled in the early 17th century. It was a difficult live for the first colonist; they had limited labor and were constantly raided by Native Americans. Colonist tried to use the Native Americans as a source of slavery. Most of the colonist’s farms were by forest areas so Native Americans would just leave in to the woods. Colonists were afraid of pressuring them from the fear of getting ambushed by gangs of Native Americans. Another reason Native Americans men made bad slaves was because the women in the tribes did the agricultural work in the Native American villages. Colonist started to import slaves from South America in hopes that they would live longer and be more manageable to control. The slaves that were imported were trained past their first year of slavery, so that they would not die as fast. The first imported slaves came to America in the early 17th century. When they received the slaves they found out some of them were baptized, and were under the Christian religion. So they could not be treat as slaves under the religion so they were turned into indentured servants. There were very few vague laws on slavery, but it was always a permanent servitude. At first slaves had limited right, and were aloud to own land, after their period of slavery was over. They were allowed to marry and have children. The slaves kids that were born while they were enslaved were not consider to be slaves, but to be free under the law. Indentured Servants helped the colonies progress their population. England at the time was over populated, and jobs were hard to find. So many people that could not afford the boat trip over to America offered themselves as to be an indentured servant for a period of time. This contractual term can last from between four to seven years. Many colonists preferred having indentured servants over slaves, cause they also helped ward off Native Americans from attacking settlers. The one big draw back of indentured servant was that they usually did not make it pass the first year of their contract.
In this essay, the author
- 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.
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- 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 - 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.
841 wordsRead More - 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 - 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 - Looking out for number oneanalytical essayEarly Virginia's flourishing cultivation of tobacco drew a diversity of people, from fresh war veterans and former soldiers, to adventurers and ordinary people looking to recoup from former monetary losses. However the tobacco did not only alter the country culturally and economically, but it “ threw more wood into the fire.” It strengthened the infamous individualistic attitude the colonists had. The advent...
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes breen's essay, "looking out for number one: conflicting cultural values in early seventeenth-century virginia." the colonists were driven and motivated to come to the new world, predominantly for monetary reasons.
- Explains that early virginia's flourishing cultivation of tobacco drew a diversity of people, from fresh war veterans and former soldiers, to adventurers and ordinary people looking to recoup from former monetary losses.
- Analyzes how breen depicts the virginians attitude by saying that if they would have landed in a "cold, rocky, inhospitable country...they would probably have given up the entire venture..."
- Opines that the colonists' discouraged church and school in virginia. the lack of emphasis on education and religion was disgraceful and the military was of great importance, but belittled.
- Explains that the virginians realized something had to be done. they collectively put aside the prosperity and construct actual towns.
- Explains that the virginia leaders felt obligated to deal with the indians. they thought about making military profitable so planters would leave the plantations to defend the land.
- Explains that the virginians were individualistic and selfish, and portrayed the same 'private gain' attitude, but they were not able to overcome the many individual differences they had.
730 wordsRead More - Slavery In America An Eyewitness History Essayanalytical essaySlavery has played a major role in colonial America since European colonization. When Europe colonized America, there was a lot of work that needed to be done. With the vast land and lack of laborers, slaves were introduced to the new world. Dutch ships brought African slaves into America and started to use slaves as laborers. Slaves became the solution to the problem in hand. During the American Revolution, Slavery was an issue that was overlooked by the people and government. The people of America just wanted their independence and liberty from Great Britain. They did not see that slaves were people too and should have equal rights just like them. By the eighteenth century, America was influenced by John Locke’s theory of natural rights.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how slavery played a major role in colonial america since european colonization. the american revolution was influenced by locke's theory of natural rights.
- Explains that the founding fathers wanted to abolish slavery but the southerners would not allow that to happen. slavery was important in the south because slaves were laborers on plantations.
- Explains that slavery taxation was an issue that the south tried to avoid. in 1789, the u.s. constitution stated that tax would be collected based off of population.
- Analyzes how the south benefited from the representation of slaves in the house of representatives, since property was not the item tat determined taxation.
- Explains that the three-fifths compromise created an issue between the north and the south, but missouri declared statehood in 1820 that led the nation back into the argument over slavery.
- Explains that the dred scott v. sanford case later ruled the missouri compromise unconstitutional.
- Explains that the fugitive slave act was a controversial federal law that stated runaway slaves should be captured and returned to their owner.
- Explains how the kansas-nebraska act overturned the missouri compromise and mandated popular sovereignty, leading to the civil war in 1861.
2085 wordsRead More - Slavery and Freedom: The American Paradox by Edmund Morgananalytical essayThe use of labor came in two forms; indenture servitude and Slavery used on plantations in the south particularly in Virginia. The southern colonies such as Virginia were based on a plantation economy due to factors such as fertile soil and arable land that can be used to grow important crops, the plantations in the south demanded rigorous amounts of labor and required large amounts of time, the plantation owners had to employ laborers in order to grow crops and sell them to make a profit. Labor had become needed on the plantation system and in order to extract cheap labor slaves were brought to the south in order to work on the plantations. The shift from indentured servitude to slavery was an important time as well as the factors that contributed to that shift, this shift affected the future generations of African American descent. The history of colonial settlements involved altercations and many compromises, such as Bacons Rebellion, and slavery one of the most debated topics in the history of the United States of America. The different problems that occurred in the past has molded into what is the United States of America, the reflection in the past provides the vast amount of effort made by the settlers to make a place that was worth living on and worth exploring.
In this essay, the author
- Explains the shift from indentured servitude to slavery was an important time in the history of the united states of america.
- Describes the voyage set by captains philip amada and arthur barlow by ity of sir walter raleigh who was given permission from queen elizabeth ii.
- Describes how the winter of 1609-1610 in virginia was horrid as the captain john smith had to return to england due to a gunpowder burn.
- Explains that a plantation economy is based on the growth of crops, such as corn, cotton, and tobacco, which requires care since the demand for the crop had increased the amount of labor needed increased.
- Describes how the indentured servants lived in distasteful conditions, such as living in places where disease is prevalent and laborious exhaustion.
- Explains that nathaniel bacon, the cousin of governor of virginia william berkley, was a source of trouble for the governor's relationship with the native americans.
- Explains that many african american slaves ran away from their masters due to their cruel behaviors. they were forced into labor and lived with deplorable conditions.
- Analyzes how morgan's "slavery and freedom: the american paradox" felt that slavery was an injustice, and was a heinous act that was not justified.
- Explains that the settling of virginia required leadership and the slaves' toil and perseverance was used by the wealthy to make labor cheap and productive. the plantation based economy and new start of a colony meant that wages were low and few were paid.
- Describes the letters patents granted by queen elizabeth ii to m. walter ralegh, now knight, for the discovery and planting of new lands and countries.
- Explains beverly, robert, and first hand accounts of virginia, 1575-1700.
- Analyzes barlowe's "first voyage to virginia (1584)" and smith, john. smith recounts the early history of jamestown, 1609.
- Analyzes how richard lowther's "indenture contract" relates to the virtual jamestown project, 1575-1705.
1667 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 - Analysis Of Slavery And The Making Of Americaanalytical essaySlavery is a part of American history that is very significant . During the antebellum period, the treatment of enslaved women and men was very harsh. They were beaten, murdered, sold constantly and raped if they were women. I believe that enslaved women may have encountered more hardships than enslaved men during the antebellum period. This paper will compare the pain both enslaved groups experienced during this time period, to prove my idea.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that enslaved women and men were beaten, murdered, sold constantly and raped during the antebellum period.
- Explains that both groups of enslaved people face the same hardships. lunsford lane grew up on a plantation.
- Analyzes how harriet jacobs was a house slave who turned down her master's advancements, and had an affair with another white slave owner. she ran away to keep her children out of slavery.
- Analyzes how clarke talks about families being broken up and mothers killing their children. margaret garner was a mother who chose to kill her child instead of seeing them taken back to slavery.
- Analyzes how lewis clarke talks about how his mistress would beat him with various objects in the video "slavery and the making of america".
- Explains that frederick douglass was a problem slave, and his master loaned him out to covey, who was known for taming troubled slaves.
- Explains that they decided that enslaved women had it the worse, citing two quotes that stood out to them.
710 wordsRead More - Slavery in America: The Beginning of the Civil Waranalytical essaySlavery in America: The Beginning of the Civil War Should humans be autonomous or responsible? In other words, should they follow the convictions of their own hearts or surrender their ideals to another power presumed to be superior in its wisdom? This dilemma between autonomy and responsibility presents itself constantly. The struggles over abortion, euthanasia, and drug legalization are perfect examples. In each of these cases, individuals are either pushing for stronger individual rights (the freedom to make decisions regarding their own lives) or a stronger stance on the behalf of their government (to legally prevent individuals from making bad decisions).
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how thomas jefferson's declaration of independence proposes a country united in the idea that all men are created equal and entitled to the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Cites davis, kenneth c., don’t know much about the civil war, new york: william morrow.
- Analyzes the dilemma of autonomy vs. responsibility in the united states' civil war, which led to south carolina's secession from the union.
- Analyzes the impact of the industrial revolution and the expansion of america.
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