Summary: The New Slave Trade

During this time period, blacks had many different statuses. Some were slaves forever, some were like indentured servants. They were allowed to actually own property, get married and after they served their time they were freed. Slaves were at the bottom of the social order but the individuals above them were not much better. The white people that were poor did not have as many hardships because they always thought at least they were not slaves, even though they were towards the bottom of the social structure.

From this, derives a bond with the reader that pushes their understanding of the evil nature of slavery that society deemed appropriate therefore enhancing their understanding of history. While only glossed over in most classroom settings of the twenty-first century, students often neglect the sad but true reality that the backbone of slavery, was the dehumanization of an entire race of people. To create a group of individuals known for their extreme oppression derived from slavery, required plantation owner’s of the South to constantly embedded certain values into the lives of their slaves. To talk back means to be whipped.

When slavery was legal in the United States, many people did not know how cruelly the slaves were treated in the south. This changed when writers like Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, wrote about how they were treated. Frederick wrote about his time as a slave in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. [something about slave owners power] The slave owners’ methods of maintaining power over their slaves were to disgust them with freedom, the violence that they were constantly exposed to, and their lack of education.

Racism and Slavery are a hand in hand subject, without Slavery, Racism wouldn 't have been a broad topic. Although modern day slavery is nowhere to be found in America, Racism is still an existing matter. Racism against African Americans was a byproduct of permanent and inhumane enslavement of the black population. Although slavery was not only among Afro- Americans, it was also towards white slaves, and indentured servants who all received the same treatment, were punished equally and worked the same hours. The need to solve economic and social problems drove the Colonists to strip Afro-Americans down from their basic rights and such, which rose to naming all blacks, slaves.

All slaves were considered property and treated as such. They were to be obedient and submissive. Forced behind a façade, they were not allowed to freely express themselves and had to conceal their emotions. In the book, Linda’s brother, William is incarcerated for showing tears as Mr. Flint threatens and humiliates his sister. This repression and ill-treatment yielded psychological disorders such as depression, post-traumatic stress syndrome, and caused some slaves to harm themselves and others.

In 1619, when slavery began in America, slaves were used as a force of labor to build and work on the new land. Unfortunately, slavery continued on for the next three centuries in the United States. Today, people view slavery as an inhumane and cruel way of treating people, but back then many people saw nothing wrong with the holding of slaves. For the most part, slavery was morally and ethically wrong since the enslavement of people was terrible. In general, slavery is unfitting because Thomas Jefferson once said “...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights...”

African children comprised about ⅕ of the number of captives (Hollander). Entire families were taken from their homeland and sold as slaves, men, women, and children alike. It is thought that men were the most desirable workers, but in fact, it was the children. “Slave children were highly prized, specifically targeted and exceptionally valuable investments” (Lawrance 29). Children were seen of as investments, but they were bought for very low prices, and since they were young, there was no need to pay them as much as adults.

America the only place where corporations are people where half if not more of the clothes people are wearing are made by actual slaves but they complain about a flag bcuz it represents a dark time in american history, when brother bought brother over the slave issue. this is also the place where free speech and beliefs are championd on every channel and in every piece of law there is. i dont agree with slavery but i also dont agree with people loving free speech but hate when someones speech isnt P.C if u want to rock a swastica flag go ahead if u want too rock a confederate flag, go ahead expect people too voice their opinions bcuz of the same free speech rule u want to use too hoist that flag. almost reminds me of vietnam where soldiers

Kindness was rarely shown to slaves, but deliberate cruelty was also frowned upon (Roman Empire). For example, a slave could choose their partner and live with them on their master’s property, but their marriage held no legal status and their children would be born into slavery (Roman Empire). Slaves were subject to considerable mistreatment, but their punishments were downright ruthless (Roman Empire). A typical punishment consisted of whippings, the breaking of bones and joints, and brandings (Roman Empire). A thief, liar, or runaway would often be branded across their forehead (Roman Empire).

One character is Sophia Auld, Hugh Auld’s wife. Before slavery took its complete effect, she was a sympathetic and nice woman who understood moral righteousness. However, recognizing “ the white man’s power to enslave the black man,” she transformed into an evil and cruel owner (Douglass 40). “The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work”(Douglass 39). Another example is Thomas Auld, having come into ownership of his slaves through marriage, he was not used to the power and responsibility of owning slaves.

To slave a person is the most inhumane act one can commit, and unfortunately was very popular during the 18th century. However, have you ever wondered the different impacts slavery caused between men and women? Both Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs showcase, through their writings, the horrors of slavery, and contrast the many similarities and import differences between the experience of slavery between genders. One of the similarities of slavery for both genders was their allowances. Both men and women were only allowed a certain amount of food and clothing to survive throughout a year.

The emotion of caring was given little to none. They were used until they were seen as useless, as if they had expiring dates stamped on them. Various slave owners saw slavery as not only a beneficial empire, as well as, a religious factor of society. On the contrary, in today’s society slavery is morally wrong

This continued through 1865, after the Civil War, where slavery was finally made illegal. People now had to pay their maids and workers. Even though slavery was now illegal that didn’t stop people from treated blacks like trash. In the book people were disgraced even when people, like Atticus, would tried to help an innocent man who was being tried for

Slavery was very cruel, and oppressed. 150 years ago Slavery ended and we are still suffering from the aftermath. Slavery was coursed labor relied upon intimidation, brutality and dehumanization, All slaves labored from sun up to sun down without almost any pay and treated as property. Family was a refuge for slaves dignity that masters thought to stifle.

Slaves are people who are owned by farmers to their work on plantations and have no rights at all. These people are bought from the action market and the owners have the right to control the amount of work, food, and beatings they receive. Slavery started even earlier in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Greek empire, and many more empires. Later, European conquistadors conquered South America and North America and enslaving the local Indian Americans. Then by the 18th century, all Indian Americans slowly started to stop and used Black people as slaves.