Essay On Black American Slavery

The conflicting and different perspectives adopted by the North and South in discussing the issue of black American slavery is founded mainly on economic, rather than political differences. It is important to note that the two regions have different economic and political orientations when the early British settlers inhabited the then-called Americas. The Southern region inhabitants inhabited the part of the territory that has sparse fertile land, low and often scarce water resource, and a generally ‘unfriendly’ environment, which resulted to numerous deaths due to illnesses obtained while inhabiting the Southern region lands. The Northern region, meanwhile, enjoyed relatively better environmental resources than their Southern counterpart.
The decision of the Court was neither of these resolutions: instead, it ordered the slaves be returned to Africa, since they were not properties of the American government, in the first place, and they were also not legal slaves of Cuba. Since they were not too dependent on the slavery system to maintain their healthy economic disposition, they were the first ones who sought for a social reform in terms of how slavery is recognized and supported in America. The Southerners, completely dependent on the slaves to maintain their plantations and keep their economic resources available in the region, argued against the call for a social reform, arguing for the maintenance of the slavery system as a necessary measure to help America, as a nation, survive economically and politically. Instead, the handlers misdirected the ship towards the Southern region of America, eventually turning up at Long Island, New York. Thus, because the African slaves were not owned by either the American or Cuban government, they are then directed to return to their homeland,