African American Experience In The 18th Century

In this essay I hope to first examine the African/African American experience in the 17th and early 18th centuries. I want to explain the different cultural features of the African communities from which the African slaves came. I’m going to look at who were the victims of the slave trade and why the marginalized Africans being stolen to America, what the middle passage was, what the slave experience was, how did the experiences of the Plantation slaves differ from the small farm slaves, and how were women’s experiences compared to men’s experiences. Lastly, I’m going to look at what the slaves’ strategies for survival were.
As most people know, slaves were taken out of Africa by either the English or the colonists from America. Let me make this clear, they did not come willingly. They were kidnapped, taken from their families, and eventually brought overseas to become working slaves. They were taken with help from African kings, also known as Obas. They were rarely treated with respect. At the time, white people considered the slaves their property. They had cultural traditions they carried out in America. For example, folklores were a cultural tradition the slaves brought to America. Folklores are stories created by a person and eventually get passed on. Another cultural tradition was crafting. The slaves often …show more content…
Sir John Hawkins was the first pioneer to run the this route across the Atlantic. There was three specific points on this route, or also known as legs. Leg 1 consisted of ships coming from England would bring cloth and other materials to Africa. The people from England would then trade these for slaves and gold. Leg 2 would follow down the middle passage. The slaves were given to Americans in return for American made products. Leg 3 consisted of the Americans taking their products to England. The process then continued in that specific order each