Why Slavery in America?

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Why Slavery in the U.S.? Is there a Debt? Slavery is important to understand the history of the United States and the role Africans played in making this country what it is today because slavery built the economy of the U.S. And as its legacy, slavery has left a stubborn impression on the soul of the America, which in turns affects race, religions and gender in many ways. Considering that United States enslaved my fellow human Africans to build its economy, and make itself one of the wealthiest and most power nations in the world today, those who benefited from slavery owe reparations to the children of the slaves. Slavery built the U.S.’s economy. As we’ve learned through the readings and all the films and documentaries watched in this class, two of the largest exports out of the U.S. (the South, to be more specific) were cotton and tobacco, which were picked by the slaves. As the demands for cotton and tobacco increased, so did the number of slaves, which unfortunately led to (White Americans) believing to be superior and led to hate and discriminating against a group of people based on their skin color. This led the Civil Rights Movement in 1964, which changed history in America, with some important events that I’ve learned from taking this class. Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion, (also known as the Southampton Insurrection), which was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton county in Virginia in August 1831. It is important for us as students to learn about the history of slavery so that we can see the long time racism and poverty and how relevant these issues are today. It is important to understand these events and see how these events apply to the real world. Black people need to learn about slavery because tomorrow’s generation also will need to know their history, they will need to know where they came from and have a sense of
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