In Africa, black traders kidnapped and captured their own people so they could be sold in fairs to Europeans. Purchased slaves were on board the ship the same day. On board, slaves would be handcuffed against each other and they separated by gender. Slaves traveled in poor conditions, they lay next to each other and were fed twice a day. Slaves who died during their voyage were thrown overboard. Nearly arrived Africans were sad and depressed when arriving in the New World. They had to accustom themselves to the cultural environment of southern colonies. Southern plantation owners expected slaves to work the whole day. Slaves are dehumanized and physically and emotionally abuse by white folks. Although, the United States …show more content…
Free African Americans or enslaved black folks would talk about the immorality of slavery or try to talk to someone close to their master to pursue them to help slaves received lenient work. Many antislavery newspapers and many antislavery lectures started to spread throughout the United States. In 1829, David Walker published An Appeal to the Coloured Citizen of the World, he disapproved of racism and advocate racial violence if white people did not change their prejudice ways. The Liberator, founded by William Lloyd Garrison published headlights about the topics against slavery and advocated abolition Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom 's Cabin so white northerners can have a glimpse of the brutality of slavery in the South. Many northerners did not know the details nor had the idea of the hardships and physical abuse of a slave. The novel describes the consequences of slavery and the impact the family. Female slaves communicated to their master 's wives, hoping that the wife could convince their master on treated slaves better. Female slaves believed that their master would listen to their wives more than they would listen to their slaves. Fanny Kemble received grievances from enslaved women. Complaints about the work conditions and they were in emotional and physical pain. Enslaved women would go back to work in three weeks after giving childbirth. Many slaves received severe back pains or swallowed knees. Many female slaves begged for Fanny Kemble to plead her husband for female slave 's work be less severe and harsh, an extension of time after giving childbirth, or more food. The enslaved women would ask Fanny Kemble to talk to her husband since he was the plantation owner and their master, they believed he would listen to