African America As A Nation Of Slaves In America

of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." This is the Pledge of Allegiance, which reminds Americans to be loyal to their country, to stick together as a nation and to provide equality and righteousness to everyone. One might ask “why should we be reminded and asked to make a promise every day?” In order to answer this question, one must dig down to the roots of the history of America. The United States of America has

European nations shifted their interest from Africa’s gold to work due to many reasons; First they in need of cheap and large labor to match their products in their market. The African slaves were cheaper as compared to other continents and thus could be acquired in large numbers. In addition, African slaves were energetic and very resistance to infections and diseases. Besides this slave trade was being practiced in Africa and thus it was easy for the European nations to introduce the chattel slave

The Colonization of the Americas The colonization of the Americas was a time defined as when Europeans began to explore and colonize the Americas around the 1400s, but disrupted many native civilizations in their way. The Europeans realized that they needed some type of work force to help start this new world after killing off most of the Native Americans, which was a starting point for the Atlantic and triangular slave trade to support plantations in the New World. Throughout the hundreds of years

dirty work, back then it was all up to the slaves. Finding the perfect slave was a challenge to the colonists. First, there was the indentured servants, second, came the Indians. However because Indians and indentured servants could escape to freedom with ease, they were not the ideal slaves. The colonists’ third attempt proved to be a gold mine. The unfortunate people who were forced in to

Slavery was a struggle that America had to overcome in the 1800s in order for America to progress. At the time, slaves were also going through hard times by getting separated from their families and going through excessive hard work on the plantations. Even though it was a struggle for the north, and the slaves, but not for the south since it was a benefit for them. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was put into the Presidential office and would have a major impact on our nation by affecting slavery forever

trade route to Asia and its riches. Instead Columbus discovered the Americas which were occupied by the Native Americans. After Columbus's discovery many Europeans especially the Spanish journeyed to America. Spanish conquistadors led by Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizzaro conquered the empires of the Aztecs in Mexico and the Incas in South America. The voyages of Columbus prompted the Spanish to establish colonies in the Americas. Eventually a global trade spurred, called the Columbian exchange.

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place in the Atlantic Ocean starting in the 15 th century all of the way through the 19 th century. The majority of the people that contributed to the trade route were enslaved African American people. The South Atlantic and Caribbean economic system centered on producing commodity crops, making goods, and clothing to sell in Europe, and increasing the numbers of African slaves brought to the New World. This was crucial to those western European

The slave rebellion was an important event that helped ignite the start of abolishing slavery. Around the year of 1831 Nat Turner led a significant rebellion that mark the pursuit to freedom in America. Nat Turner is a former slave who was born in 1800. His plan was to “overthrow the slave regime” because he was fed up and felt that he wanted his own freedom instead of being degraded as a slave (Mason). What spark Turner’s idea about creating a rebellion was from a story he heard as a little boy

The two majors drivers that led to the transatlantic slave trade was the European desire for the agricultural products of the Americas and the need for laborers to work the land in the Americas. All participants, besides for the slaves, benefited from the trading. The transatlantic slave trade, or the triangular slave trade, was a trade route between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The English desire for raw goods and agricultural materials was a result of their strong economic policy of mercantilism

Migration of Africans to America: Colonial Times vs Now America is built on the foundation of immigration and people from different countries coming here to build a nation. People migrating and coming to America dates back to the 1000’s when the Vikings came to Canada or when people crossed the Bering Strait from Asia to America. All people wanting to come to America was voluntary except the Africans. When the Africans first started coming to America, it was involuntary because they had