The Role Of Slavery In The 1800's

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“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.” by Abraham Lincoln. I feel like this means that if you can’t give the others freedom than you don’t deserve the freedom yourself. In the 1800’s there was many slaves who were being mistreated. The slaves were at the very bottom social class at that time. As the time went by the working conditions changed. Factories were starting to form and they were getting paid, even though they were low wages. I think that if you were to compare the slave’s life with the wage earners in the northern industry and the free slaves in Africa, the slaves had the most hardest times. I have several of evidence and reason why I think this way. First of all, the slaves in the 1800’s were forced and taken away from their homeland and families. Their travel to the master or owner was a rough time for them. The over sea travel was harsh, the Africans were being treated like cattle. They were all squished into the ships and tied up. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr4.html) This is saying that the slaves were being forced to leave their home and to be in labor, be acused, and to be mistreated. On the other hand, in the factory there wasn't any choice of being taken or anything because the women and man both had to work in order to live …show more content…

In the textbook “The American Pageant”, page 356, it states that, “...free blacks who had purchased their freedom with earnings from labor after hours.” This is saying that they had more freedom in buying their freedom, buying themselves more freedom so they can live a better life. If you compare the free slaves to the slaves, the slaves didn't have this much freedom. They didn’t get this much freedom to even buy themselves the freedom they wanted. The slaves had to suffer and work their whole lives until they die or until they really got their

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