Slavery and It's Effects on the U.S. Today
There has always been hostility between different groups of people, in the 17th-19th centuries this was no different. This was the time of slavery in the New World. During this time people from Africa were enslaved and brought to the colonies of North America. They were then forced to work under harsh conditions. Although this is a painful memory in our country 's past, without it we wouldn 't be the country we are today.
America is an advanced country with a great government, however during our history there have always been down sides. Like the enslavement and trade of African to the Americas during the 17th-19th centuries. This trade between Africa and the New World colonies was called middle passage. This was a very dangerous and often deadly trip. The slaves were densely packed into dirty boats and shipped to the colonies with little food or water. Most of them died on the way to the New World from malnutrition, disease, and fighting amongst the other slaves. Those who survived didnt have much more to look forward to other than death. They were forced to work for colonists. The colonists made them work on their farms doing anything they didn 't want to do, such as pick cotton and other crops. The cotton had sharp barbs which would cut the hands of the slaves, this didn 't matter to the slave owners. The slave owners treated their slaves as if they were animals, not people. As long as the job got done correctly they were fairly nice to their slaves, if not however they would be whipped. This is just another example of how much the colonists dehumanized these people. Of course, there were always those who thought that slavery was immoral and fought to free them. Some colonists who owned slaves treated them with kindness, instead of beating, punishing, and mistreating them they kept them well fed, healthy, and comfortable. There were also slaves who escaped their owners and helped to free other slaves. Many of these people were captured and punished, but
America is an advanced country with a great government, however during our history there have always been down sides. Like the enslavement and trade of African to the Americas during the 17th-19th centuries. This trade between Africa and the New World colonies was called middle passage. This was a very dangerous and often deadly trip. The slaves were densely packed into dirty boats and shipped to the colonies with little food or water. Most of them died on the way to the New World from malnutrition, disease, and fighting amongst the other slaves. Those who survived didnt have much more to look forward to other than death. They were forced to work for colonists. The colonists made them work on their farms doing anything they didn 't want to do, such as pick cotton and other crops. The cotton had sharp barbs which would cut the hands of the slaves, this didn 't matter to the slave owners. The slave owners treated their slaves as if they were animals, not people. As long as the job got done correctly they were fairly nice to their slaves, if not however they would be whipped. This is just another example of how much the colonists dehumanized these people. Of course, there were always those who thought that slavery was immoral and fought to free them. Some colonists who owned slaves treated them with kindness, instead of beating, punishing, and mistreating them they kept them well fed, healthy, and comfortable. There were also slaves who escaped their owners and helped to free other slaves. Many of these people were captured and punished, but