When northern America was taken over by the Europeans, there was a shortage of labor. The Europeans decided to solve the problem by bringing in African slaves to do the labor(civilwar). The slaves were used on the farms and in the households. Slavery in the American colonies started in the early 1600s. For instance,
Living, Eating, and Working as Slaves In the early 1865, slavery had come to the United States of America. Millions of slaves were told that they were free, and therefore many of them had been interviewed to share both of their happy and awful conditions they had during their slavery. The various conditions related to food, living, and work influenced whether or not slaves challenged their owners in the late 1800s. Some slaves were pretty satisfied with their owners but the others had lived the lives that people nowadays could ever imagine. The desire of being free resembled the awful conditions that some of them had.
In the 1800s, the African American population was skyrocketing. As the United States expanded and conquered more land, more slaves were needed and this was good news for the plantation owners. As the United States expanded, landowners demanded more slaves to cultivate the developing agricultural economy in the West. Inter-slave mating, therefore, became the standard for labor replacement and profit maximization. With the extra increase in slaves, they had the choice of using the extra labor force or selling slaves to other land owners.
A historical situation where human rights have been abused is when there was slavery. Slaves were treated like objects that were abused and tortured by their masters. The slaves struggled to achieve human rights with the help of the Underground Railroad, which is a network of whites and free blacks. Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped free the slaves which in turn lead to abolitionists and their campaign to free the slaves and help get them back their rights as humans. For many centuries Europeans went to Africa and took the people there by force.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave, Written by Himself: Analysis of the History of Slaves Jennylyn Hilario History B17A Doctor Rosales November 13, 2014 Slavery has always been a controversial topic. The question being asked is the following: Is enslaving people to work for a person morally justified? Demands for indentured servants decreased because they started to live longer and began to have ownership. Farm owners resorted to slaves and the demand for slaves skyrockets. Long-term, owning a slave would save a lot more money because slaves were like property.
Slavery was established in the British colonies of the Americas to provide a cheap abundant work source, which would reproduce ensuring many years of hard labor. The continent of Africa provided an abundance of peoples to be forced into subjugation, and Africa’s political conditions made the slave trade more important to the domestic commerce and international influence. (Pg. 49) Political leaders and merchants of the slave trade in both Europe and Africa recognized the enormous monetary gain and political advantages, encouraged by the slave trade. The slave trade was no longer monopolized by the Royal African Co., therefore opening up a new market of human trade to fuel the growth of the American colonies which was dependent on the cheap forced labor to oversee the cultivation of corps like tobacco in the United States, and Sugar cane in the Caribbean Islands and its Lesser Antilles.
Slave traders had bought and kidnapped slaves from all over Africa, this had led to their being many divisions among them. For instance, contrasting religions, languages, tribes, and skin colour’s and even where they were born played a part in keeping the slaves separate and at bay from their masters. Differing religions and cultures (languages) helped to reduce mass slave revolts. Africans brought to America as slaves had brought their own religious beliefs and practices as well languages. This led to their being numerous different beliefs and cultures (languages) which resulted in a lot of disagreement between slaves.
Slavery was a topic and an issue between the North and South for many years. Many people in the North felt that slavery was immoral. People in the South felt that slavery was not only right but it was necessary. Slaves were treated very inferior. They often lived in small cabins regardless of how many there were.
Negroes were brought in as indentured servants but later on sentenced to slavery as they tried to escape from there service. The idea of slavery wasn’t new to the colonies but enslavement of Negroes spread like a wildfire. Millions of slaves were brought in to serve the white masters. Slaves were brought in cargoes in heavy
After that they were sent to gold mines in the Southeast and then to the coffee plantations of the South. More Africans were brought due to the fact that the Native Americans were dying because they were overworked and exhausted. Slavery became a highly profitable system for white plantation owners in the Americas. Slaves showed many of the English settlers new products that they could grow like rice. Rice could be grown in the coastal environments.