African American Mixing Pot

African-Americans in the Americas The United States of America have often been referred to as a Mixing Pot. There are many reasons for this, such as the several different Nationalities that reside here. It was much the same way when it was still beginning colonies. One of the Nationalities where the African-Americans. In the colonies, they were slaves, but they played just as an important role in establishing the colonies as anyone else did. Slaves were a lot more convenient and affordable than the original laborers. They had been relying on the indentured servants from Europe, but they were expensive, left after their agreed time was done, and were most likely to die soon after they came because of their immunity to the new diseases. “Hard-pinched white colonists, struggling to stay alive and to hack crude clearings out of the forests, could not afford to pay high for slaves who might die seen after arrival (white …show more content…
“Africans, and their descendants, contributed to the richness and fullness of American culture from its beginnings.” (Joseph E. Holloway.) African-Americans brought with them their cow knowledge, such as their dairy industry –which America uses today- and open grazing. Several medicines, vaccines, and medical drugs Americans use today are thanks the African-Americans. Stories such as Brer Rabbit and Chicken Little originate from Africa. America gets several foods and food styles from Africa as will. Cuisine, deep fat frying, Kidney beans, Lima beans, corn bread, and several other popular American food styles were taught to early colonists by their slaves. An uncommonly known fact is that African- Americans ere America’s first Cow Bays. “Coy Boy” originally meant a black servant who worked with cows. White servants who worked with cows were called “cattlemen” so as not to have people thinking they were black. Several Cow Boy terms are from