Slavery
Slavery in America started when the New World was first discovered. It started off when the first colonists came to the Americas and in order to survive they needed to farm the land and grow crops. Since they were not accustomed for the hot sun and were too lazy for hard labor. In order to survive they needed a large labor force to farm the lands. They tried to capture the native Indians and failed, for many reasons one of them was from smallpox, and from various diseases, which killed them. Another reason that the Europeans could not capture them was because they had been in America all their lives and they were a majority. Therefore the Europeans set out to seize African slaves. Africans were the perfect choice of slaves to farm in colonial America, because slavery had already existed in Africa. Plus Africans could endure the heat of the raging sun, since Africa and America's weather were similar. Also both African and European colonist's bodies could resist many diseases, unlike native Indians. Africans were shipped from Africa by the Europeans in what was called the Triangular Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. This was an organized route where Europeans would travel to Africa bringing manufactured goods, capture Africans and
Life was hard for both the free and non-free African slaves. Both were treated badly and disrespectfully. They had to obey a number of harsh rules; for example: they couldn't gather for a harmful dance. They needed written passes to leave town or even if they wanted to travel more than forty miles from their destination, their punishment was to be cut up into pieces. I come to conclude that slaves were people just as their slave owners were people. Despite the difference of opinions throughout this great country, it was an inevitable conclusion that everyone should have been treated equally. The enslavement of humans obviously produced different opinions among many Americans, which in turn I believe to be the start of the Civil War. African-Americans suffered through many hardships and losses over time. One must come to the realization that all humans should be treated the same no matter what their race, creed, or color. This is all in the past and Americans should treat it as such. We must never forget the hardships each and every American has gone through. Instead reflect on what has happened in the past and learn from it. Look to the future and remember all men are created equal. Large numbers of African slaves working together on the same land or lands close together would usually talk to each other in their language (the Gullah language). Speaking in their own language helped them keep their own cultures
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Approximate Word count = 959
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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