Analysis Of Black Southerners By John B Boles

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In 1619 a well-known issue was brought to life that is now known as an American catastrophe. In the book Black Southerners, the author John B. Boles doesn’t just provide background of how slavery began or who started it, and doesn’t just rant about the past and how mistreated the African American race was; he goes on to explain how as slavery and racism boosted the families of these slaves began to grow closer to a community and the efficiency and profitability of slavery. He also shows the perspective of not just the slaves, but the bondsmen as well to show the different perspectives throughout this point in time. As far as my generation goes, we all picture slavery as African American’s picking cotton, or doing chores around the house, going …show more content…

I have previously watched movies and read books on this kind of subject which always resulted in the cruelty of blacks, or the poverty and separation in schools and communities. I was not aware that with the rise of Islam and the conflicts between Muslims and Christians, the holding of prisoners during war and their use of slaves is what reintroduced the practice in European society which is where it began to rise. Slavery developed more slowly and more spread-out in the area of North America that was soon to become the United States. I was also unaware that slavery and slave relationships are portrayed out to be more than what they really …show more content…

I would also recommend this to any history book-worms who seem to be very passionate for the scoop on the real story of past history and feel like they do not know as much information about the subject as they feel they should. This book by Boles is the opposite of what you would expect when you saw that the subject would be about slavery. When you open a book about slavery you expect to hear how horrible times were, how the past was such an iconic time due to the treatment of African Americans. I feel it is important to spread the history of our generation as we sometimes try to ignore the past. What I do know is that this book does make me wonder, is this problem still amongst us today? And if so, is it still being handled with ignorance as it was at the time it begun? Understanding slavery and race in today’s generations in the United States is a sensitive and controversial

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