They were taught Christianity because that was the way of the Europeans. The slave owners saw the Africans as heathens for practicing their old tribal religions. The owners thought to be a good christian they would have to let those in their household convert. It was also a way to control them and make them more complacent with being slaves. They were taught that the Bible justified
These abolitionists went to great lengths to try and put an end to slavery and free as many slaves as they can through the underground railroad. This was a network of abolitionists, from all races, genders and occupations, who helped enslaved people escape from the South to the North and Canada to be free. Freeing slaves was a very bold and dangerous thing to do, because technically, it was stealing ‘property’. In order to avoid getting arrested, they used complex signals and hiding spots. For example, this ‘underground railroad’ was not really underground and it didn’t really have tracks.It was , which were carried out in secrecy and darkness, much like an actual underground railroad.
Some states denied slaves the right to carry firearms, drink liquor, or leave the plantation without a written consent from the owner. The slaves strove to adapt to their new lives by forming new communities among themselves; the development of the families and the communities formed the most important response to the trauma of being enslaved. Oral tradition was a strong feature in the African ELEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY PAGE 4 customs and allowed many African American slaves to feel a sense of cultural connection with the continent of their origin. It became the primary means of preserving slave history and cultural information. Music, folktales and storytelling provided an opportunity for the enslaved to educate each other.
Enslaving black people was legal in all the 13 colonies . More than half of them lived in Virginia and Maryland and in the Chesapeake region where they made up of 50 to 60 percent of the entire population, the majority, but not all of the Africans were slaves. Punishments/rights: Slaves had basically no rights. The owners could do whatever they wanted to them. They were punished harshly if they resisted slavery, didn’t work hard enough in their owner's perspective, talked too much or spoke in their own language.
Bianca Hammaker Professor Page AMH 2010 25 November 2016 Paper Two (Abolition) Abolitionists preached to the public people on how slavery was unjustified, cruel, immoral, and inhumane. A widely accepted thought was to degrade colored people to that of the thinking capacity of apes and to treat them as animals. Most of the states were slave-holding at this time in history with slaves being the ones under the direction of the owners. Buyers (whites) of slaves sought for cheap labor and gave no credibility to anything the slaves accomplished. Whites had slaves work their mines and farms, the two most important jobs at the time.
Some slaves showed resistance in running away, but if they were caught they were tied against a pole and were wiped. Different slaves got different punishments such as cut of the ears or nose or they were either branded on the check or chest. The other slaves watched this as a warning of what might happen if they try this resistance. Other forms of resistance was sabotage, arson, robbery, violent attacks, murder or even in some cases slaves committed suicide and their body was dragged around the Cape for everybody to see. {Iziko Slave lodge, no
Some slaves were scared of leaving slavery because that was all they knew. Slaves if they escaped would have troubles finding jobs and a safe place for their family. In like manner, all slaves wanted was to be able to have their own job that they could be paid for and their own house just like any other American citizen. “The Underground Railroad was established to aid enslaved people in their escape to freedom” (Hudson 1). Slaves had no other option than to try to run away from their plantation and hopefully run into someone working for the Underground Railroad to assist them in their escape.
Slavery is know to be one of the darkest periods in human history; yet, the fight for freedom in the United States was beyond imaginable. The most well-known fight for the abolition of slavery was the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a passageway created by free African-Americans and white folks to help slaves escape their lives and find refuge in free states. The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad. Instead, it was called “underground” due to it being top secret and it was a called “railroad” because it was a path for slaves to take in order to escape.
SLAVERY IN THE 19TH CENTURY Choice D: “The Planter’s Northern Bride” exposes white racism. Using the pieces by supporters of slavery, and the Frederickson, Gomes, and Genovese articles, discuss the defense of slavery. Compare what the defenders of slavery claim with the work of Douglass (and Jacobs). Slavery is a system where the human beings are treated as mere property who can be treated with an economic value rather than being evaluated on the basis of human values. The slaves, being treated as an economic asset, are deprived of the rights that have as human beings.
Another important individual of the anti-slavery movement was Harriet Tubman. Tubman conducted the Underground Railroad, which helped slaves escape. The Underground Railroad was not a real railroad, it was the routes out of the south. On these routes, the slaves followed Harriet Tubman at night in order to escape the horrific conditions that they were living in. In conclusion, slavery was abolished later on in life, but at this point slaves were getting more violent, determined, and confident in themselves.