Essay on The History of Slavery

It seemed that slavery developed very well in south, and southerners wanted to keep it, but it could not to say that all classes in America had the same ideas as southerners, such as blacks and northerners. Where there is disagreement, there is conflict. With the pace of history, people who fought against slavery started the Abolition Movement. First of all, let¡¯s come to social conditions. ¢ñ. Social Conditions Every event takes place under some certain society. Abolition Movement is no exception…

had their own private libraries, and extravagant houses: all possible from the sweat of their slaves, and the backs of the poor whites who were tenants of the slaveocrats and social outcasts as much as the slaves were(Hinton 151); yet because of slavery ,and its accompanying racial superiority, these poor whites still felt they were "better" than the blacks and thus did not rise up in rebellion. In truth "Many of the poorer whites were hardly better off economically than the slaves". (Bailey 366)…

as a whole, slaves were utilized in order to produce the crops and perform laborious tasks that were “below” white people. In the 1660s, there was an increased demand for tobacco products as well as indigo and rice in England (“African American Slavery in the Colonial Era, 1619-1775”). In order to fulfill the demand, there was a spike in interest in purchasing slaves. More and more slaves were needed to produce larger amounts of crops for the plantation owners. In South Carolina, indigo and…

Milling had to be done within 24 hours of the cane being cut, otherwise it would spoil. At first there was just a main mill in the center of the country, but by the 1800’s many planters owned there own individual mills. Laws regarding the well being of the slave were as follows; it was strictly up to the discretion of the master the amount of control he chose to exercise over his slaves. For the most part, it seems as if laws were the worst on islands where slaves outnumbered the masters, and…

Slaves were given enough room to at least turn around. Less slaves died this way. Slave ships were infested with rats and bugs. Dead bodies surrounded living people. Also, the food and water fed to the slaves were spoiled. This all caused many diseases such as smallpox and dysentery. Many of the slaves refused to eat the food which resulted in sailors prying their mouths open and force feeding them. Madness was common from the slaves. They were taken away from family, tied up, and held as slaves…

Situations became more intense for those slaves who actually reached the plantations over in the Americas. Many of the plantation owners had returned home to Europe, leaving their holdings (slaves and land) in America to be managed by overseers who were often unstable. Often times slave families were split up and they were not allowed to learn to read or write. African men, women, and children were forced to work with little to eat or drink. From today’s perspective this seemed very inhuman to treat…

As on the boat, living conditions on land were poor. The slaves had to rely on the plantation owners for their every need. Many of the slaves living on plantations did not receive professional medical care. (Treatments of Slaves in the U.S.) “Medical care to slaves was generally provided by other slaves or by slaveholders' family members.” (Treatments of Slaves in the U.S.) Many slaveholders gave the slaves a plot of land on which to build their houses. A few actually had houses already built. If…

Zinn argues that the U.S. government supported slavery because it was profitable, and when freedom came, it came via organized war rather than rebellion for similar reasons. If slaves had been allowed to rebel, Zinn argues the rebellion might have spread to a generalized class movement. Zinn describes many slave rebellions, abolition movements, the civil war, and also the consequences of these actions on the African American people. Zinn describes the fear that some slaves caused by starting uprisings…

amount. Thus making it an economic world power. So how did the Industrial Revolution loosen the grip of slavery? The answer, technology was becoming more efficient than slavery. Before technology, it would take a lot of slave labor to make x amount of widgets. Now with technology, a small amount of labor could make more widgets than that of massive slave labor. Technology made slavery less efficient, and at the same time, technology created a new class of people. The huge number of…

While Abolitionists argued their points, Pro-slavery groups gave very good rebuttals. Economically they argued that the end to slavery would kill the economy in the south. Without slaves in the fields collecting and caring for the produce, everything would collapse. Cotton, tobacco, and rice would all fail in the economy and the south would be in economic ruin. Another point pro-slavery people argued was what would happen if slaves were to be let free. They stated that if they were freed, unemployment…