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Slavery in North America
Since the 1600s, many Africans had been enslaved, taken to north america. They were sold to the colonists and was forced to work without pay. Slavery was legal in all 13 countries colony, but more common in southern plantations. many enslaved Africans worked on large farms. However, small farms were more common. There usually were only one or two slave workers, or none at all. The northern countries passed laws to stopped slavery, but the southern states chose not to end slavery. But there were people that tried to fight against slavery like Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and Barack Obama, the fist black US president.
Slavery growth
The new machine led to more slave labor. Ginning machine made cleaning seeds from plants easier and faster. Cotton helped the people of the south make money and bought more land and slaves. By 1840, most of the south world cotton. Enslaved people did most of the work on the cotton plantation. The rights of slaves were not recognized. They had to work in bad conditions without pay since childhood. Although some people work in the field, others work indoors. Woman washing clothes, weaving cloth, cook men and blacksmiths, steady hands. These people were very ill-treated and were bought and sold like sheep. Segregation was everywhere.
Strong culture
A strong culture grew from enslaved peoples’ struggles against hardships. Enslaved people told folktales and made musical instruments. Many became Christians. They mixed christian beliefs with African musical traditions to create spirituals. Enslaved people resisted their conditions in many ways. Some resisted by working slowly. Others escaped to free states. In 1831, Nat turner led a rebellion in Virginia against slave owners. small groups of free Africans lived and worked in the British colonies as early as the 1600s. The number grew after the birth of the united states. Free Africans also faced challenges. Laws limited the rights of free blacks, but they still fought to improved their lives.
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