Red River Analysis

During the times of slavery, black women were forcefully impregnated both in order to maintain the institution of slavery and as an economic incentive for white slave owners to control the reproductive lives of black women. A black woman’s child was considered the property of her slave owner from the moment of conception. This key feature in the institution of slavery gave whites the ultimate power of repression against blacks in America. Despite this fact, black women fought back. They took initiatives such as self-induced miscarriage in order to not bear a child. Unfortunately, these women were punished for taking such initiatives; however, they were reprimanded for the wrong reasons. As Robert demonstrates:

An African American slave delivered her baby boy. Within 12 months, her pride of joy was taken away from her and he was sold to a different plantation. The boy never knew whom both his mother and father. What kind of act is this? The slaveholders treat the slaves as animals such as they have limited rights to protect them. The slaves are analogous to dogs, which are being taught by obeys and commands. In an average textbook, they depict slavery as cruel; they were the property of the slaveholder, etc. What they don’t depict is the raw feelings that the slaves were expressing during that time. Frederick Douglas seeks to explain how slavery degrades both the slaves

African American women were look upon to keep the reproduction of the slave population. The

This country is known for two horrific acts against mankind, the inhumane treatment of the American Indians and the enslavement of African-Americans. Both groups are still affected today and this essay will look at how White Americans are still reaping benefits today. The number of slaves brought to North America, South America, and the Caribbean was off the wall as between 1619 and the end of slavery approximately 9.6 and 10.8 were forcibly brought over from Africa (Mintz, 2009). The numbers rose from 36,000 a year in the early 1700s to almost 80,000 a year during the 1780s, the peak of the tragic importation (Mintz, 2009). Most were not brought to the United States, but by 1825 the United States and a quarter of the slaves because the death rate was much higher in other areas of the Americas (Mintz, 2009). The slaves in this country were more removed from their African roots as by 1850, most of the slaves in the Caribbean were born in Africa where those in the United States had been there for several generations (Mintz, 2009). Many of their traditions and customs were taken away or forgotten. Maybe this is why it has taken African-Americans in this country longer to discover their roots than those of other areas.

For enslaved women the nine months of their gestation was radically different than their white counterpoints. When faced with illness doctors would often choose to save the life of the mother, as opposed to that of the infant. This goes to show, as further evidence, the commodity aspect of slave pregnancy. To slave owners, the mother was a

I want to ad just a little about my own opinion. Slavery is an institution. It ruins lives or makes them better and is not a 50/50 profet. This is the truth about slavery it happened every where not just America but only in America are people so unwilling to just let things be. An example wouldbe the Jewish ancesters were slaves to the Egyptians but their desndants don't go to egypt and demand the pyramids that they built. But we hear all the time about what the " White Americans" did to the " Black Americans" . There are colleges just for the blacks as they still call themselves the minority. And there are easier college etrence exams for the black because they are underprivlaged.

There is a myth that the European/Caucasian race have never been enslaved. The fact is that Arab slave traders owned all race of slaves. What differs between the groups of black and whites, is that after whites had been enslaved and during stuck together and from that overcame and rose up above the circumstances. Blacks on the other hand both during and after slavery never came together collectively for the betterment of the race. Blacks mainly are still affected by a plan that was put in place to ensure blacks never came together. This process was created by Willie Lynch in a letter and speech he delivered in 1712 on the bank of the James River in Virginia. You can see that the letter still plague the black community today.

The Red River, or sometimes the Red River of the South, is a major river in the southern United States of America.[2] The river was named for the red-bed country of its watershed. It is one of several rivers with that name. Although it was once a tributary of the Mississippi River, the Red River is now a tributary of the Atchafalaya River, a distributary of the Mississippi that flows separately into the Gulf of Mexico. It is connected to the Mississippi River by the Old River Control Structure.

Throughout America’s history, we have committed some questionable and highly shunned acts: The Indian Removal Act, The Salem Witch Trials, racism, suffrage, and of course, slavery. Many people have opposing views concerning slavery. Some would even venture as far as saying that America never owned ANY slaves. However, historical evidence proves them wrong. Frederick Douglas was a slave during the 1800’s who ultimately escaped and became an Abolitionist and activist for equality for all people, no matter their race or gender. In his autobiography, Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave, Douglas describes his life as a slave and the horrific acts he endured. America, a Concise History, by James Henretta, devotes a whole chapter to slavery and society. A few ideas from the two overlap, but there are many differentiating ideas about slavery in the south.

I must begin by saying how heartbroken I was on reading the suffering and mistreatment my people ordained back in the days of Slavery. Coming from a family that is mostly comprised of African descent individuals; it makes me sad and in utter repugnance. It's funny how life back then still influences the way my people think and approach their education, family, and general lifestyle. Slavery has

When people talk about racism, they usually think of obvious think, of the KKK or Nazis, but there are so many more complicated facets to the intricate phenomenon. “Racism can be far more subtle and many people of color face this casual, everyday racism more often than the more obvious incarnations” (“What is Racism). Historically, people in the United States have oppressed all other races aside from white based on the color of one’s skin, beliefs, and differences. White people still benefit from that oppression (Such as slavery Racism has extended throughout human history. Power and education in “The Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass”

The experience of enslavement as it relates to black women was often pursued sexually. Occasionally, woman slaved were raped by married men, and at many times pregnancy would be the result of this. "I lay on my back, feeling as if something more than the womb had been taken out." Chapter I, Page 6. Abortions and infanticide were ways that the black woman got rid of her child in order to avoid their own child being brought into

According to the epidictic lens, Rowan Jacobsen reading, “Down by the River” is partially cusp therefore, makes it a bit good. However, this article does not contain any epidictic environmental advocates, which would have helped made the reading more cusp. Although, some great values of the Quechan tribe and the city of Yuma are mention due to the restoration of the Colorado River bank, which is good. For example it says, “On February 28, 2002, the Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge reopened in a spirited celebration. About 800 people turned out to watched the Quechan tribal president drive cross the bridge in antique cars, and the Quechan posted the ceremony on their side of the river”(p.94.) Here we can see that the Colorado River bank restoration

In conclusion to doing great reading and learning and educating myself with the time frames and what had happened. It allowed me to see and follow through with times, yes, African Americans had suffered from being slaves to fighting for civil rights. They wanted the same life as whites a lot of high protesters and men and woman were intellectuals who held degrees but yet; they were not allowed to come out and be what their profession allowed them to be: lawyers, priest, teachers and much more they had to take a stand. Whites became in feared that blacks were allowing themselves to strive for educating and success. Negroes, as the back era had called them beat them lynched them and brutally left them to survive in the streets, is it the

In the excerpt “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” By Harriet Jacobs. She talks about the hardships of being a slave and especially being a woman in this world of slavery. "When they told me my new-born baby was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before" (pg. 830). She states that being a man in a slave’s world of hard but being a woman is much worse. “They have wrongs, and sufferings, and mortifications peculiarly their own.” (pg. 831). She fears that her babe will be sold to a slave trader and she would rather the babe die and be buried than to lose her to the trade. She doesn’t want her baby girl to be born into her life, a life of pain and suffering. She knows the baby will live a life of slavery. Her baby girl had no name at birth and was bound to acquire a Christian name. There is a fierce love that she has for her children and his drives her to create a better life for them, possibly even gain their freedom from slavery.