The Pros And Cons Of Slavery

The U.S. government has a moral responsibility to this race of people to compensate, African American’s because they were denied their heritage, religion, family, and culture. America alleges it is a religious-based country and their faith resides in God. The bible says: “If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.” This country consistently contradicts itself in the way it wants to be perceived. If America has any belief in God, they should feel an obligation to compensate the African American descendants of slave ancestors. (Exodus 22, Bible).

For years African Americans descent were slave by the United States. During these rough times, Africans faced painful hardships and lost their true identity. Later on in 1863, president Abraham Lincoln announced The Emancipation Proclamation where the slaves were finally "free". Although this freedom, many Africans were still considered slaves to many white Americans. Whites made African Americans believe that if they stayed, they would be paid and live a much better life rather than leaving with empty hands and starting off from nothing. Though this, Africans were still betrayed by the whites even though they were already considered free. Taken this into consideration, there’s one question that has remains for years, and that is whether or not black Americans should be paid for the reparations of their hardships. This had been a commonly topic for years with two sides to the story. Many agree with the idea that the United States should pay for reparations because Africans were promised goods for their hard work. And on the other hand, many believe that the United States shouldn’t pay for reparation because slavery ended years ago and it is unfair to take money from American taxpayers where many came to the United States after slavery ended. The author of The Case for Reparation, Ta-Nehisi Coates goes into deep details on how the U.S should be marked responsible for paying for reparations. And writer Kevin D. Williamson goes against Coates own essay in how the U.S shouldn’t

Slavery. A topic that should never be brought up in a conversation, should never be said casually, and should never happen. Slavery, despite being illegal in every country, is still going on, and at different odds. Slavery has many forms. Many of which, only the cruelest of minds can think up. Slavery is different than in the 1800s because it has many more forms, has more potential slaves, and more profit.

Slavery is an unethical practice, and this wrongdoing should be acknowledged. The U.S. government is not taking blame for this practice nor will take it upon themselves to make up for its citizens that did enslave African Americans. This is not the first time where our nation has acted immorally and was pushed to make amends. Native Americans received compensations from the U.S., as did Japanese Americans who were imprisoned during the Second World War by the Roosevelt government. All of these reparations however did occur after the formation of the U.S. government and the constitution that set the guidelines for governing. The thirteenth amendment officially labeled slavery an unlawful practice. Government is not supporting reparations, which as in the constitution, does not make them responsible for any of the previous

Slavery still affects the African American community to this day, creating a social divide between races through the belief reparations are due from the horrible events of the past. Reparations would still need to be given to African Americans for the inhuman treatment of their past ancestors, and the social inequality that followed after the Union’s victory of the Civil War. The United States repaying African Americans for their horrible past would bring justice to the those who actually faced the effects of slavery. While reparations seem like a sensible way to pay back the African American community, people have argued they no longer deserve this repayment. Since current African Americans have not lived through the hardships of their ancestors,

White Americans in the United States have realized that slavery is wrong and is ashamed of their ancestors, but one part everybody forgets is that slavery was legal. In “US struggles with slavery’s legacy,” Rob Watson mentions that an opposing thought to his view was “For starters, slavery was after all legal at the time.” Why should Americans have to pay for reparations when slavery was legal? Even some black people had slaves to do work for them because it was perfectly normal and legal to have a slave. When looking at reparations for slavery there is no way to give back to the slaves because they are all long gone. Slavery happened in the 1800’s, many people end up asking why should we be paying for reparations when the money we spend won't directly go to the person who suffered through the agony of being a slave. In “US struggles with slavery’s legacy,” Rob Watson was asking people should there be reparations for African-Americans right after they had just come out of a tour of the history of slave and one woman from Philadelphia said, “I don’t think that they need to be paid for

When referring to the days of slavery, it is often assumed that the south was the sole force behind its continuance. However there were many factors which lead southerners as well as some in the north to quietly accept slavery as a good thing. John Calhoun declared in 1837 “Many in the South once believed that [slavery] was a moral and political evil…That folly and delusion are gone; we see it now in its true light, and regard it as the most safe and stable basis for free institutions in the world” (p. 345). This statement was justified by various reasons. There was the fundamental belief that Africans were inferior to their white counterparts. Many saw the slave population as a labor force that

Slavery and Its Impact on Both Blacks and Whites Slavery and Its Impact on Both Blacks and Whites The institution of slavery was something that encompassed people of all ages, classes, and races during the 1800's. Slavery was an institution that empowered whites and humiliated and weakened blacks in their struggle for freedom. In the book, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, slave Frederick Douglass gives his account of what it was like being a slave and how he was affected. Additionally, Douglass goes even further and describes in detail the major consequences the institution of slavery had on both blacks and whites during this time period. In the pages to come, I hope to convince you first of the mental/emotional and

The United States government should pay reparations to African Americans as a means of admitting their wrong-doing and making amends. The damages African Americans have sustained from White America's policy of slavery have been agonizing and inhumane. Therefore, I am in favor of reparations for African Americans. The effect of slavery has been an enduring issue within the African American community. Many of us are cognizant of the harm racism brought to the African American race, conveyed through slavery, racial segregation and discrimination. African Americans suffered many atrocities, but the greatest damage done to them was the destruction of they're original identity. African Americans no longer have a native

African-Americans have suffered the greatest indignity in the history of the humankind. Millions of African-Americans were enslaved throughout the United States from the Colonial Era until the end Civil War during which they were brutalized, murdered, kidnapped, raped, and deprived of their natural rights. Meanwhile, African-Americans have fought in every single war to secure America’s

Until the the civil rights movement in the 1960s African Americans dealt with public segregation and discrimination.This means that it is not just slaves that suffered from slavery, it is also African Americans today making the descent of slavery to receive reparation relevant.The demand for reparations does not mean anti-white Americans or any individuals, rather it is request for American government and society to pay the damage they have caused. The government previous efforts to address socio economic problem of African American are too little and have not shown much improvement in the lives of African Americans. Reparations will not cause African Americans dependency on white Americans. Instead it will give individual African Americans and the community a way to better their

In “The case for reparations,” Coates argues that African Americans have been taken advantage of for centuries. During this time the government took their labor, civil rights, and basic human rights too far. He argues that they were also robbed of equal treatment even after desegregation. Coates blames the government and says they are responsible for compensation of generations of Americans being discriminated against. Especially with discrimination still occurring in places such as the school system, judicial system and other market areas after desegregation. Coates talks about a lot in this essay. He talks about a planned black oppression, in which white Americans are the ones who directly benefit. He also addresses that this remains tragically still unresolved. He chooses the argument that nuclear family is a cure for black poverty. Coates was wise to focus on the evils of slavery and more on the ways in with African Americans have been walked over for the last 150 years. He truly chose a very powerful argument, that is going to turn heads no matter which way you choose to look at it. I see the slavery side of Coates argument, but I do not agree with him. I think the government did play a big role in how African Americans were treated, but is not to blame for the whole issue. The government can choose to control private institutions, federal laws and private banks, and yes allowed this issue to go on for far too long. But the government cannot control our everyday

In the land of the free, saying slavery is a dark part of the United States’ history would be an understatement. From the early 1600’s until the abolition of the practice in 1865, slavery would be a common sight amongst plantations. The slaves would not stand idly in their predicament, learning how to improve their situations and sometimes reaching compromises or rebelling against slave masters. Slavery during the antebellum United States encompassed the ideals of whites in the North and South, the influential relationships between the whites and blacks, and the controversial lives the slaves led.

Generally speaking, slavery is still a rather sensitive topic in the modern day era. Many quarrel about how slavery impacted society, the pros and cons to slavery, and other frivolous matters. In contrast, has anyone ever thought to take under consideration the affect slavery had on one that undergone the experience? Thereupon, Ila Prine ventured down to a district in Alabama to interview one such man. Hence, she met with Joseph Holmes, a slave who proceeded to ascribe to her the working ideals as a past slave.

Lease blamed the big business like National Banks and Wall-Street for the economic woes in the country. She claimed that the new slave masters (Big business) have enslaved the American poor masses with loans, foreclosure, and debts. Also, she charged that justice no-longer rule the United States instead money rules. Thus, Government has become “government of wall street, by wall street and for wall street”.