The Slavery Of The North And South Between 1700 And 1799

Slavery was a very divided issue in early American history. It was the backbone of the southern economy and lifestyle, but also a immoral way to treat people that was contradictory to ideals which America liberated itself upon. Slavery continued to expand because of new economic growth, but many slaves were also freed from their bondage during this time because of religion and the new ideologies that America gained in becoming a country. Most slaves responded to these hardships hardship through active and passive resistance, whereas free African Americans became more outspoken and formed communities in response.

Africans were always seen as slaves rather than free people. It came to a point were generation from generation, people with African ancestry were legally enslaved for life. European colonists’ even committed to legalizing enslavement of hundreds and thousands of people, but it led to Africans being slaves based on race. Slavery was a big part in Virginia and South Carolina. The history of slavery in Virginia first appeared in 1619 where the Africans were indentured servants. As for South Carolina, majority of their population were African Americans. 65% of their population of about 18,000 people were African American slaves. Upon the social, economic and political development of slavery in Virginia and South Carolina, it impacted their race, class and gender.

Slavery became an established activity in America by 1600’s. The slaves were mostly to provide free and cheap labor. Apart from America, slavery was practiced in other parts of the world throughout history, and in fact it can be traced back to the time of the ancient civilization. With industrial revolution especially with the rise of sugar plantations, the slaves were used to grow sugar in the periods from 1100. This intensified between 1400 and 1500 when Portugal and Spain ventured into sugar growing in the eastern Atlantic regions. The growth of the plantations required labor, hence African slaves were bought from Africa, to provide labor.

It's hard to believe that there was a time in American history where human beings had no rights, were considered possessions, and could be treated in the most horrific ways and then be prosecuted for being pushed to the limit where they break down and do terrible thing they wouldn't naturally do just because of their skin color, ethnicity or gender. By The time of the mid-1800's slavery in the northern states seemed to have been getting better not to say the same for the south. Slavery was still a big part in the southern state; you had indentured servants and field workers. Each was having their own task given by their master. However, slaves were not just used for field work or helping out with crops or around the yard. White men would also get woman slaves to be a "wife

Slave Laws of Colonies in Colonial America Slavery was a very prominent and profitable enterprise during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in colonial America. Many colonies in America, and empires in Europe, used slavery to maximize their profits while growing crops and executing business. Due to its immense profitability, many colonies tried their hardest to perpetuate the slave industry. The ways in which they kept slavery functioning differed depending on location, but for the most part, most colonies attempted to write slavery into their legal code. This was a very effective means of ensuring the continuation of slavery and allowed it to last for several centuries.

No one issue can be claimed as the dominate issue that produced The Civil War. The war was caused by many disputes such as sectionalism, expansion of slavery, and abolitionist. Although there were many issues some were consider to be much more influential than the others. These include sectionalism and the expansion of slavery. The North and South could not seem to stop arguing over the expansion of slavery to the west as well as their many differences in other areas.

In the second half of chapter 3, the new colonists were looking for ways of labor, rather than working themselves. While many English colonists wanted to force native Indian labor, they were unsuccessful in doing so. Instead they looked back into another source of workers that were used by the Spaniards and Portuguese: enslaved Africans. If it was not for the enslaved to produce products for elite whites, then Jamestown would still be struggling economically and not be able to give England a big profit. By the 1700s one of every eight person was a black person from Africa.It was also seen to settlers as an investment in purchasing slaves rather than servants, because slaves were never freed. Mortality rates had begun declining in the late 1680s, planters could reasonably expect a slave to live longer than a servant’s period of indenture. The two main crops that slaves worked on in the field were tobacco and sugar.

Slavery in the 1800’s on plantations was a very big deal. Slavery was common in South Carolina due to the plantation based economy. Women and men were constantly being auctioned to other slave owners to work in fields (“U.S History from 1812-1914”). Slaves were usually separated from their families due to slave auctions. Whenever they arrived to the fields they were treated inhumanly. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation stated that, “Slaves were often punished for taking breaks while working. Women slaves were also used for cooking, housework and childcare.” Not only were slaves separated from their family, they were also treated very poorly. Because of the mistreatment , it would soon lead to the Civil War.

Slavery during the 18th century in the North and South became a part of the normal culture. In the North, having a slave was equivalent to having a household maid. In the South, having a slave was equivalent to a machine that did free labor for you. It is during this time, one was able to see the distinct difference in the way of life between the North and the South.

The Unites States during the 1850s was a harsh time for African Americans, not only were they treated extremely harsh; but many of them were slaves as well. Slavery was the topic of every discussion during this time period and the United States was literally split on the issue of slavery. A lot of the Southern States wanted to continue slavery because it was a way of life. Many of the southerners depend on slavery to help grow and harvest crops that were on acres and acres of land. Northerns, on the other hand were against slavery. Slavery to them were not only inhumane, but Northerns rarely depended on slaves. Abolitionists were present throughout the United States, they created escape routes and safe houses for slaves who wanted to escape. The Underground Railroad was a prime example of this, not only was this risky for the slaves themselves but it was also risky for the people who helped them along the way. With the Fugitive Slave Act in full affect, Abolitionist were indeed breaking the ‘law’; but for equality for everyone no matter the skin color was a risk many were willing to take and die for.

Slavery was a tough stages for races, in the 1800s they had to go threw physically and mentally abused. Slavery was introuduces to many colonies of all ages and races or genders. According to the text “ Three distinctive systems of slavery emerged in the American colonies. Slavery was introuduced to the colonie when 20 slaves were brought to jamestown virginia.” Slavery started to spread in the south because slaves help out with the labor in the old south.

Slavery has always been one of the most appalling experiences within our race. Slavery by itself seems very rebellious and provokes people to have mixed feelings about the subject. Majority of African Americans, blacks that are in America are descendants of former slaves. There are also some many people who have faced slavery in today’s society. As history tells us, slavery has done a lot of harm to millions of people, taking away lives and even destroying the faith of the many people who believe in something different. What does a contemporary person know about slavery? The answer will not be very difficult. Nevertheless, there is still much to say about it and a lot of things to remember.

This article is about the different views that the North and the South had on slavery and how they came to a compromise on their opposing views. The big question was, “Should slaves be counted when figuring out the apportionment of representatives amongst the various states?” (pg 52) Because the Southern States had more slaves than the Northerners, it was in the South’s benefit to count slaves as whole people when figuring their state’s population. On the opposing side, the Northern States did not have as big of a ratio of slaves to non-slaves as the South did, so it was in their best interest not to count slaves as part of the population. Northern delegates feared that if slaves were granted the right to vote, then their Southern slave holders

So many people wanted slaves, especially in the South. They had more farms than they could handle on their own. Northern owners wanted them because they would have to do less work. Very few owners treated their slaves nicely and paid them to do work around the house. They would not be treated like family but would get treated a whole lot better than your “typical slave.” Those kinds of circumstances occurred more in the Northern states than the Southern states.

In the early 1700s most citizens owned slaves. Benjamin franklin was one of those citizens who owned slaves. He as well as other believed spaces could not be educated. Franklin had a newspaper by the name of Pennsylvania Gazette, which was a newspapers that advertised the sale of slaves and published notices of runaways.