Hi guys!
When I wrote about the
immigration a couple of days ago, I mentioned that I was going to Dallas! And
as I’m writing this in my one bedroom-floor in the hotel with a view over huge
skyscrapers, you guessed right, I’m here! Now as I just arrived in Dallas, I haven’t
had the chance to explore the city yet, but I can’t wait! So while I’m trying
to figure out what I’m going to do in the “Big D” I thought that I should write
something to you guys as a thank you to for following my blog. New Orleans is
like a spirit animal so while I was there I had so many things to write about.
I finally picked slavery. Btw as you can see with the title, I’m being a little
more “imaginative” with the titles. The slavery is a kind of “holocaust”, and I
know many of you know about the holocaust under the Second Word War. Enjoy. ;)
The legal institution
of chattel slavery was the slavery in the United States that existed in the 18th
and 19th centuries. It all began when the first African slaves were
brought to the colony of Jamestown Virginia in North America in 1619. They were
to aid in the production of lucrative crops as tobacco. Throughout the American
colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, slavery has been
practiced. The African-American slaves helped building the economic foundation
of the new nation. The central importance of slavery to the South’s economy was
the invention of the cotton gin in 1793. It’s said that it was not any
particular race that should be slaves, but rather those who could perform most
work under the worst conditions. (It was said when the first African slaves
were brought to Europe; then America though the same). So Africans has long
been the preferred people to enslave because of their physical endurance. That’s
like saying “you’re strong and healthy and now you’re going to be a slave”.
That’s nice. Note that if I could, I would say that with a sarcastic voice.
First when trade contacts were made between
the continents of the Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe) and the New World (North
and South America) did the Atlantic slave trade start. But before that slavery
had been practiced in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe for many centuries.
There are evidence that prior to the European colonization of the Americas
enslaved people from African states got exported to other states in Africa,
Asia and Europe. Although the Atlantic slave trade was not the only slave trade
from Africa, it was the largest in volume and intensity. Trade among three
ports or regions is in a historically perspective called a triangular trade,
and the Atlantic triangular slave trade is the best-known triangular trading
system. Supplies for trade sale and trade, such as copper, cloth, guns and
ammunition, was the first leg of the triangle from Europe to Africa. It was on
the second leg that slaves was transported by ships from Africa to the New
World. Because of diseases in the crowded holds of the slave ships many slaves
died on the journey. The ships were then loaded with export goods, such as sugar,
rum, tobacco and hemp, for the third leg – a return voyage to their home ports.,++1862-'3-'4'-5+plate+10.jpg)
The slaves’ daily life
was incredibly difficult, and they worked from sunrise until sunset. On
infrequent holidays such as Fourth of July and Christmas and Sundays, slaves
were generally allowed a free day. One free day because they owners were “nice”.
Small stick houses with dirt floors and cracks in the walls were generally the
slaves’ houses. Because the smaller farms of South California didn’t require as
many slaves as the large plantations in the Lower South, many slaves was sold
to states in the South. Slaves often suffered personal violations. They could
be sold without notice to someone else by their owner or when a planter fell or
died on hard times. They were moved in an instant to an unknown and distant location,
leaving behind family and their loved ones. Sexual exploitation were no less
common or brutal, as slave women always were prey to the predatory sexual
habits of their master. Sisters, daughters, wives, young and old, they were all
subjects to the sexual assault. That’s inhuman and I’ll curse it and get angry
over it, but at the end of the day I probably will forget about it until the
theme gets brought up again and I’ll get angry again. And thats just how humans
are.
Well that was it! I
will be updating in a few days, but I don’t know what I’m going to write about just
yet. It’s a beautiful and sunny day here in Dallas, so I’m going out to enjoy
it. See you soon! :D
-Hana ♥
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