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The Term Slavery

The idea of slavery is when a person is owned by another without consent. Slavery is the use of involuntary work. Slavery is when a work force is operated by force and do not get paid for the job they had done. The art of slavery is that one person has full control over the other. Enslavement entails hard labor with harsh conditions. Why Slavery Was Needed In the year 1492 Christopher Columbus had founded what is known today as North America. Since North America was established “Americans” began to establish as well and push the natives out of their own land. Americans wanted to the land and nation, itself, to prosper; and therefore needed workers to do so. They needed workers to do so because the white supremacists and women were not enough to do so.

The Beginning of Slavery

Slavery began around the year of 1619. As stated above slavery was needed for the idea of making our nation great and for it to prosper with the crops. Slaves were brought off of a Dutch ship. The slaves were from Africa because it was “cheap” labor, or at least cheaper than enslaving our own people. The first area in which slavery began was in Jamestown, Virginia with 20 slaves. In the year 1636 America had created a ship with the name of Desire. Desire was the first slave ship that shipped from Massachusetts to begin our involvement in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade ("How Was Slavery Established in the American Colonies?"). The bringing of the slaves from the East Coast shore to Jamestown, Virginia had a sole purpose to it. The sole purpose to moving the slaves from the coast to in-state was to help the other colonies within America adapt to Slavery. Slavery was needed in Jamestown for the purpose of growing tobacco. Tobacco was a difficult plant and product to produce and sell, and therefore, American colonies needed help doing so. The southern colonies in North America had adapted to the idea of slavery more-so than the Northern colonies. Continuation of Slavery Although the south had adapted more to slavery than the North, the North still took part in the whole idea. As the years continued to go by states after states started legalizing enslavement and taking part in human trafficking. Throughout the years the head of each state of colonies were able to decide how slaves lived their lives when it came to ownership and religion. King Charles II had wanted each slave to be converted to Christianity. To go along with religion slaves safety was even taken away from them as their rights to bear arms were taken in 1662. In today’s world anyone person is able to marry and have relations with any sex and of any color, in the year 1664 it became illegal for female sex and male sex one of which is African and one of which is white to have marital relations. Slavery was a struggle for those who were enslaved and as well as those who opposed slavery. Those in the north of America had started to oppose slavery the most, as in 1688 the Quakers came up with being anti-slaves. The idea of the Quakers came to them through the thought of slavery being unconstitutional.

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a passageway used for fugitive slaves. The state of Pennsylvania did not agree with the act of enslaving African Americans. Enslaving other human beings went against our constitution. Therefore, Pennsylvania decided to start helping the slaves all due to the Pennsylvania Quakers. The underground railroad was a secret passageway for fugitive slaves to escape their owners. This “railroad” passageway led the slaves up north to get away from the enslaving states in the south. To incorporate the “railroad” aspect of this passageway is to have “conductors” (HistoryNet). The conductors for the railroad were other slaves that helped to lead fugitives the way to “freedom.” Due to slaves starting to escape around the late 1700s a new act was created. The “act” or law that was created is called “The Fugitive Slave Act.” This act was signed by our first president, George Washington due to disagreements about have slaves should be treated. This act showed that slaves who are found to have escaped are able to be returned. Although they came to this “compromise,” the States forgot to take into consideration the “interstate” idea, of which a slave outside their states border, is another state able to enslave them?

Common Ideas About Slavery There are many common ideas about slavery. The first and foremost common idea about slavery is how it has shaped the world today. Today's world is considered unfair due to the racially biased groups that exist. Slavery had created segregation in America, as White people became White supremacists and thought they were higher up than African Americans. This had helped create slavery and human trade. Human trade does not just affect African Americans it also affects different genders and children. Women are not look at as equally as men as the labor field, women are “worth” less: unfairness. Slavery as well created hypocrisy, due to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln had claimed to not agree with the act of slaves but still had slaves working for him at the time being. Slavery had corrupted the world as it was unethical and abusive. People try to live by the rule of ethics but in the 1800s our own “fathers” could not stand by ethics and morals as they allowed for sexual exploitation. Slaves were treated as objects and women were treated s they were there just for pleasure. Slavery created an inhumane society as our world was dependent on race. Our world has come to the idea of Americanization but there is not one term for it, as earlier Americanization and being apart of America meant hurting others. One is not better than the other and slavery had finally ended due to the realization that our constitution needed to be upheld and realizing people are not creatures to play with; we are all the same.

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Fugitive Slaves | National Archives." National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.