I. Introduction A. State your thesis statement (A one sentence statement that sums up the major idea of the paper and incorporates a position on that idea). Slavery has been a major destructive act in history since the 18th and 19th century, in Africa and in other various places. Africans refer to this action as Maafa meaning Holocaust. Over more ten and twelve million Africans were brought to the Americas. Of these, 600,000 came to North America. From them have come the more than thirty million African Americans alive today.
B. Insert element(s) to gain attention and interest in topic. (Hook) Slavery started in Africa at a relatively small standard, however slaves were not major factors in production processes they
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Transition to next main point. (Briefly connects this idea to the next one. Shows you are moving to the next main point: First…, Second…, Third…, Now that we have seen…, Moving on to…., Considering the aforementioned…, etc.
IV. Second main point (make sure the main point is fully supported with stated credibility).
A. Support your point (using statistics, testimony, or examples). Discrimination: Also during this time a lot in fact an insane amount of racial discrimination, not only in the Europeans thinking they were created superior by God. But also in between the Africans. A lot of cultural differences and religious differences caused discrimination leading to civil wars and other ethnic boundaries. B. Support your point (using statistics, testimony, or examples).
In one of my books about one African who went through the slave trade, in his narration he talks about how he was kidnapped from his owner other people who basically sold to another owner and it just keeps going. This makes me realize that Africans were practically treated as items or goods that could be sold for money. D. Transition to next main point.
V. Third main point (make sure the main point is fully supported with stated
Saiba Haque Word Count: 1347 HUMANITIES 8 RECONSTRUCTION UNIT ESSAY Slavery was a problem that had been solved by the end of the Civil War. Slavery abused black people and forced them to work. The Northerners didn’t like this and constantly criticized Southerners, causing a fight. On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Lincoln to free all the slaves in the border states. “
2. Your conclusion paragraph should be more detailed. Restate in just a few sentences the points that you made in your paper and what conclusions you have drawn from those points.
The abolition of slavery started in 1777. In the North the abolition of slavery was the first to start. But, in the South it started during the 1800’s. The Northern states gave blacks some freedom, unlike the Southern states. The national population was 31,000,000 and four and one-half, were African American. Free african males had some limits with their freedom. There were many political, social, or economic restrictions placed on the freedom of free blacks in the North, but the three most important are, Political and Judicial Rights, Social Freedom, and Economic.
1. The thesis of the essay is stated at the end of the first paragraph. The author says,
Below is where you want to state your reasons. These make up the “foot” of the thesis statement. For example, if you were to continue the thesis statement from above it would say “... X, Y, and Z.”
When one thinks of slavery, they may consider chains holding captives, beaten into submission, and forced to work indefinitely for no money. The other thing that often comes to mind? Stereotypical African slaves, shipped to America in the seventeenth century. The kind of slavery that was outlawed by the 18th amendment, nearly a century and a half ago. As author of Modern Slavery: The Secret World of 27 Million People, Kevin Bales, states, the stereotypes surrounding slavery often confuse and blur the reality of slavery. Although slavery surely consists of physical chains, beatings, and forced labor, there is much more depth to the issue, making slavery much more complex today than ever before.
Now, decide the order in which you will present your evidence, the various arguments you will employ, and how you will convince your readers.
Servitude is a usual part of African ritual. Tribes would often use trade to obtain slaves by going to the head chief and trading for livestock. Not only did various tribes trade with the people of their countries, but with the Europeans of other nationalities as well. There were times that tribes would go to war and keep chiefs and prisoners of war were kept as slaves, to trade with European countries. Many times slaves were sold due to being punished, or to rape and other various crimes. Some were also forced into life of captivity. It was common for young individuals to be kidnapped and taken to a home of a common family to work and serve them. Many owners would treat their slaves fairly. The masters would own a piece of property and have an apartment for their own personal family along with a home for the enslaved family. Equiano talks about how many slaves owned their own slaves in some cases. If a family was wealthy enough, they would accommodate their property, meaning the slaves. They were a part of the owner’s family and were as brutally treated comparing to slaves of the Colonial U.S.
In the Autobiography, “Narrative Life of Fredrick Douglas: An American Slave,” Fredrick Douglas writes to show what the life of a slave is like, because from personal experience, he knows. Fredrick Douglas not only shows how his life has been as a slave but shows what it is like to be on the bottom and be mistreated. Douglas shows that freedom isn’t free, and he took the initiative to become a free man. Not many African-Americans had the opportunity to make themselves free and were forced to live a life of disparity and torture. Through his experience Douglas shows us the psychological effects of slavery. Through Douglas’s memory we are able to relive the moments that continued to haunt his life. Douglas’s book showed the true
3. List three main points the author makes to back up the thesis or central
“I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more, if only they had known they were slaves.” Harriet Tubman was a woman known for her important role during the time that led up to the Civil War. She was a woman of incredible strength, courage, and determination. And while Harriet Tubman is credited for giving the slaves an option as to what way they shall spend the rest of their life, the sad truth lies within the quote above. While many people like to believe that slavery was a horrendous act that happened only with small minded people from the south many years ago, that isn’t the case in all honesty. In fact, the idea of slavery was highly debated about and troubled more minds than many are led to believe. While there are
The second part of your paper is the body of the paper. Here you will be presenting the arguments you have which defend your Thesis Statement and the research which supports those arguments.
The word “slavery” brings back horrific memories of human beings. Bought and sold as property, and dehumanized with the risk and implementation of violence, at times nearly inhumane. The majority of people in the United States assumes and assures that slavery was eliminated during the nineteenth century with the Emancipation Proclamation. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth; rather, slavery and the global slave trade continue to thrive till this day. In fact, it is likely that more individuals are becoming victims of human trafficking across borders against their will compared to the vast number of slaves that we know in earlier times. Slavery is no longer about legal ownership asserted, but instead legal ownership avoided, the thought provoking idea that with old slavery, slaves were maintained, compared to modern day slavery in which slaves are nearly disposable, under the same institutionalized systems in which violence and economic control over the disadvantaged is the common way of life. Modern day slavery is insidious to the public but still detrimental if not more than old American slavery.
3. The conclusion starts with a summary of the specific points of your essay, followed by a restatement of your
Discuss your “Attention Getter, Reason to Listen, Thesis Statement, Credibility Statement, and Preview of Main Points.”