Slavery During The Antebellum Era
Chirinos, Katherine
Professor Williams
September 24, 2014
Antebellum Era
Ignorance can be used as a tool to become captive of others. Slavery seems to depend very much on keeping slaves unenlightened. Douglass’s Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas shows how slave owners carry on slavery, by keeping their slaves uneducated and ignorant. During the antebellum Era, many believed that being a slaveholder was a natural and correct. Justice and human rights did not exist for those, whom were in slavery during the antebellum era. Many of us can learn about the treatment of slaves as property, freedom, and abuse of enslaved women in the lives of the slaves and slaveholders during this period. Slaveholders holders believed that slaves were incapable of being educated, participate in society and to be capable of having manners. …show more content…
Not thinking about the slaves’ family or the slaves themselves. Personal information like birth date, birthplace and even ancestry was kept a secret. Most of the slaves were taken away from their parents as an infant. As the infant slave grew older, their owner would prevent them from learning how to read or write, as this would give them a sense of knowledge; owners wanted to keep them oppress. If one of the slaves learned to read, he or she would start to question the rights like the ones the whites had. By having them oppress their rights were taken away, and they had no voice. As a result, of being illiterate slaveholders maintained control over them. Also, slaves were valued only to the extent that they could perform their labor. Douglass compares the treatment of slaves as objects or animals. Sadly, the slaveholders did not see the slave for who they were instead as a machine. The fact is, like them they were also human beings with
Professor Williams
September 24, 2014
Antebellum Era
Ignorance can be used as a tool to become captive of others. Slavery seems to depend very much on keeping slaves unenlightened. Douglass’s Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas shows how slave owners carry on slavery, by keeping their slaves uneducated and ignorant. During the antebellum Era, many believed that being a slaveholder was a natural and correct. Justice and human rights did not exist for those, whom were in slavery during the antebellum era. Many of us can learn about the treatment of slaves as property, freedom, and abuse of enslaved women in the lives of the slaves and slaveholders during this period. Slaveholders holders believed that slaves were incapable of being educated, participate in society and to be capable of having manners. …show more content…
Not thinking about the slaves’ family or the slaves themselves. Personal information like birth date, birthplace and even ancestry was kept a secret. Most of the slaves were taken away from their parents as an infant. As the infant slave grew older, their owner would prevent them from learning how to read or write, as this would give them a sense of knowledge; owners wanted to keep them oppress. If one of the slaves learned to read, he or she would start to question the rights like the ones the whites had. By having them oppress their rights were taken away, and they had no voice. As a result, of being illiterate slaveholders maintained control over them. Also, slaves were valued only to the extent that they could perform their labor. Douglass compares the treatment of slaves as objects or animals. Sadly, the slaveholders did not see the slave for who they were instead as a machine. The fact is, like them they were also human beings with