African Americans In The 1800s
African, Native, Irish, and Mexican Americans all had different experiences in the short history of the United States. As obvious as it may be, all of the mentioned groups have had totally different upbringings. Not to mention, the culture that each group brought to fruition were completely different too.
Ultimately, race impacted their social position and economic realities. Each came from the bottom of society, but their position was nonetheless fundamentally different. Their relationship to United States capitalism was intimately tied to their race, which is why the Irish, although poor and excluded during the 1800s, would soon elevate themselves to “white status” in a century’s time.
African and Native American history is intimately tied because they both functioned at the bottom level of capitalist production. Both of these groups were immense targets during the rise of the United States as a collective.
Combined, the two groups were often times brutalized and frowned upon in society during this time period. During the 1800s, “the development of the cotton export sector depended on the appropriation of Indian lands and the expansion of slavery” (Ch. 4). Their oppression was tied together through this economic reality where stolen Native land would be worked on by black slaves.
Both groups were subjected to immense torture and overall suffrage throughout this entire time period. Some of the effects that could still be felt today, rippling through time. What differentiated them in their economic position was their race which formed the logic of white supremacist rule at the time. Black nationalist consciousness developed from black people’s common subjugation, and individuals such as Martin Delany were some of the first to articulate Black
Nationalism as it relates to Africa. Every people should be the originators of their own designs, the projector of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their destiny--the consummation of their
Ultimately, race impacted their social position and economic realities. Each came from the bottom of society, but their position was nonetheless fundamentally different. Their relationship to United States capitalism was intimately tied to their race, which is why the Irish, although poor and excluded during the 1800s, would soon elevate themselves to “white status” in a century’s time.
African and Native American history is intimately tied because they both functioned at the bottom level of capitalist production. Both of these groups were immense targets during the rise of the United States as a collective.
Combined, the two groups were often times brutalized and frowned upon in society during this time period. During the 1800s, “the development of the cotton export sector depended on the appropriation of Indian lands and the expansion of slavery” (Ch. 4). Their oppression was tied together through this economic reality where stolen Native land would be worked on by black slaves.
Both groups were subjected to immense torture and overall suffrage throughout this entire time period. Some of the effects that could still be felt today, rippling through time. What differentiated them in their economic position was their race which formed the logic of white supremacist rule at the time. Black nationalist consciousness developed from black people’s common subjugation, and individuals such as Martin Delany were some of the first to articulate Black
Nationalism as it relates to Africa. Every people should be the originators of their own designs, the projector of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their destiny--the consummation of their