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His master enjoyed hurting the slaves, which is what he hated the most. He loved getting food and clothes, but his master hated giving that stuff up. This went for slaves at almost all plantations, unless you were lucky enough to get a master who treated you better than most did. Sadly, he didn’t get treated as well as some slaves did at other plantations. Chapter 7 Quote 7: “Slavery soon proved its ability to divest her to these heavenly qualities” (Douglass, Page 43) In this quote its explaining how his mistress was a very good person to the poor and then when slavery started it stopped her from being able to do good deeds.
When the slave owner found about this he strongly disapproved, because he thought that if the slaves learn to then the slaves would want to escape. Still, Douglass taught himself how to read in secret and eventually taught other slave how to read the Bible. Here, he understood where and why inequality within the US was thriving. Free labor brought profits for southern plantation owners and the ideology that “non-whites” were considered not to be equal. “Frederick Douglass was the most important African American leader and intellectual of the nineteenth century.
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Many new technologies were introduced during the American Civil War. These impacted the battles of the war and what their outcomes would be. New technologies advanced the course of the American Civil War by the development of railroads to transport supplies, the success of the United States Military Rail Roads (USMRR), and the Railways and Telegraph Act of 1862. At the beginning of the war, railroads were a relatively recent invention, only having been used for around two decades. It was planned that railroads would play a key role in the operational and strategic success of the Union during the war (Eysturlid, “American Civil War”).
We are taught to blame slavery on the Southern states but we learned that the Northern states were just as responsible due to their lack of action, fear of the results due to abolishment, and most importantly their double standard on the stance of slavery. Professor Nash gives us and insightful view from the eyes of free blacks and their contribution in the fight for freedom and equality of African Americans. This book has given me an insight of our history of slavery that I was unaware of, people involved and events that took place. The struggle for equality that we have in our country now is evident that it stem from our past. Using these events we can understand ourselves and continue to build a stable and free America which our forefathers based their fight for liberty and freedom from England and strengthen the words written within our Constitution that establish freedom and equality for “ALL
Lee wrote was a letter to his wife about slavery in 1856. In this letter Lee talks about how “The blacks are immeasurable better off here than in Africa, morally, socially and physically.” By saying this Lee shows his willingness to accept the African American society into the southern white society. Lee isn’t necessary an anti-slavery activist but he isn’t a pro-slavery supporter either. Robert E. Lee once stated that he saw slavery as necessary but not proper. Lee concluded that slavery would help both white and black races grow equally.
Being black in America during the early 1900’s was not the greatest experience because they had to deal with slavery, segregation and racism. The past had segregation and slavery but it leads to a good future to the American Dream because the depressing painful past is their motivation to be great. Being black in America means remembering the past but learning to let go & succeed in life. The past for being black in America consists of slavery and segregation. This can be seen in the play “Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry.
Errick Roberts Mr. Clark African American culture My Views on African American The authors’ views on African Americans work ethic are very true. African Americans now days do have a problem with getting and keeping a basic job. Slavery has taken a toll on the black society by taking the black male or female and putting them in a hateful work environment. There hateful work environment consisted of getting beat to almost death because, of not completing a task the master told them to do. Also, they worked in the hot and humid sun without food or water.