Joe Breen The two primary sources I chose on the topic of slavery were an article on slavery in the South during the civil war times, and an article with an excerpt from the 13th amendment, which are both sources that fall under the foreign policies category, because they talk about using foreign people as slaves. The article on slavery in the south talks about what the slaves did, how many there were, and what finally ended slavery. The slaves were generally African people sent over to America to be sold into slavery to do harsh labor for no pay. Not only were they not paid, but they were treated very poorly. They had no rights. They were treated like animals. They did very hard labor and were still not treated fairly. Before the Civil War, there were 4 million African slaves in America, mostly populated in the Southern states. After the war, there were laws put into place against slavery and the population of slaves was not down to zero, but it dropped drastically. My second primary resource for this essay was the 13th amendment which was one of the laws that declared owning slaves illegal. It says that slavery is not acceptable no matter what the circumstance is. Whether it is for manual labor, or some sort of punishment, it will not be tolerated in the United States. It is an unjust act and is not fair towards African-Americans. These two resources are connected in a way. The first resource talks about what was done to the slaves, how many there were, and other information about slavery before and during the war. The other resource talks about the efforts after the war that were made to end slavery. There were several laws and documents passed stating that slavery is illegal.
http://www.ihrb.org/commentary/guest/slavery_in_supply_chains.html?gclid=CNnylrn9qLwCFW3xOgodqT8AZA
ReplyDeletehttp://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/10/17/bound_and_shackled_photos_global_slavery
Joe
Joe: That last comment was the wrong links. these are the correct ones
ReplyDeletehttp://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/5372
http://www.gcsnc.com/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=155493
Joe:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/slavery-in-the-american-south
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
These are the correct links. The last two were not the right ones.
Joe Breen
DeleteThe two primary sources I chose on the topic of slavery were an article on slavery in the South during the civil war times, and an article with an excerpt from the 13th amendment, which are both sources that fall under the foreign policies category, because they talk about using foreign people as slaves.
The article on slavery in the south talks about what the slaves did, how many there were, and what finally ended slavery. The slaves were generally African people sent over to America to be sold into slavery to do harsh labor for no pay. Not only were they not paid, but they were treated very poorly. They had no rights. They were treated like animals. They did very hard labor and were still not treated fairly. Before the Civil War, there were 4 million African slaves in America, mostly populated in the Southern states. After the war, there were laws put into place against slavery and the population of slaves was not down to zero, but it dropped drastically.
My second primary resource for this essay was the 13th amendment which was one of the laws that declared owning slaves illegal. It says that slavery is not acceptable no matter what the circumstance is. Whether it is for manual labor, or some sort of punishment, it will not be tolerated in the United States. It is an unjust act and is not fair towards African-Americans.
These two resources are connected in a way. The first resource talks about what was done to the slaves, how many there were, and other information about slavery before and during the war. The other resource talks about the efforts after the war that were made to end slavery. There were several laws and documents passed stating that slavery is illegal.