Book Report
Author Edmund S. Morgan wrote a masterpiece with the creation of the novel American Slavery, American Freedom: The ordeal of Colonial Virginia this book focuses on the development of slavery, freedom, and 18th century Virginia. The novel is composed of 4 sections, Morgan discusses in the book the origin of the poor relationship between Virginia colonists and American Indians and the rise of raw material like tobacco and corn. American Indians were the first indigenous humans living in North American before the British colonists left England, to escape religious persecution all around Europe. Morgan is quoted calling the simultaneous development of slavery and freedom "the central paradox of American history". This …show more content…
First, to understand the novel of Edmund Morgan the reader has to understand the origins of slavery in American. Slavery began when the first African Slaves were brought from Africa to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. In 1619, the Dutch were the first to introduce captured African to American with the thought they could serve as indenture servants like many of people in the New world. After the boom of agriculture the demand of slaves was at a all time high and the invention in 1660 by King Charles II of England established the Royal African Company to transport humans they called "Black Gold" from Africa to American. This novel discuses American 's long history racial inequality with its origins in the entrenchment of the racial slavery in the seventeenth and eightieth century in Virginia. Morgan explains upon settling on American soil Virginia colonists and American Indians the trade for tobacco and important crop at the time where very important due to the settlers just arriving and having to understand the new land and learn how to farm to survive. During the harsh winter colonist saw many of their manpower die of starvation and diseases, so a subsequently Virginia suffered a huge labor …show more content…
Even thought the book is spilt up in four section numerous parts of the book have very interesting and boring. First, this book his very interesting for readers who want to know the origins of American racism and where everything originated.When understand this novel by Morgan 's storytelling skill are remarkable book of the social and economic forces at work in 17th century Virginia. Also I like how Morgan 's idea of freedom, and how their ability to establish a political system, to establish the creation of an African Slavery System. This novel helps me realize how important at the slavery was upon the fellow white southern man, because of all of the stolen land settlers took from the native Indians free man power was the key to success. In the novel Morgan locates different paradox in the economic development of the Virginia colony in the 17th century, growth of colonies institution of slavery essential for Virginias ' ultimate embrace of republican ideology. " To a large degree," he writes, "it may be said that American bought their independence with salve labor." (5) I totally free after processing this novel we see how slavery and the rich farm land of the new land gives history America 's birth is on the soil of a stolen land. Also Morgan noted a cool interesting fact of " the substitution of slaves for
Author Edmund S. Morgan wrote a masterpiece with the creation of the novel American Slavery, American Freedom: The ordeal of Colonial Virginia this book focuses on the development of slavery, freedom, and 18th century Virginia. The novel is composed of 4 sections, Morgan discusses in the book the origin of the poor relationship between Virginia colonists and American Indians and the rise of raw material like tobacco and corn. American Indians were the first indigenous humans living in North American before the British colonists left England, to escape religious persecution all around Europe. Morgan is quoted calling the simultaneous development of slavery and freedom "the central paradox of American history". This …show more content…
First, to understand the novel of Edmund Morgan the reader has to understand the origins of slavery in American. Slavery began when the first African Slaves were brought from Africa to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. In 1619, the Dutch were the first to introduce captured African to American with the thought they could serve as indenture servants like many of people in the New world. After the boom of agriculture the demand of slaves was at a all time high and the invention in 1660 by King Charles II of England established the Royal African Company to transport humans they called "Black Gold" from Africa to American. This novel discuses American 's long history racial inequality with its origins in the entrenchment of the racial slavery in the seventeenth and eightieth century in Virginia. Morgan explains upon settling on American soil Virginia colonists and American Indians the trade for tobacco and important crop at the time where very important due to the settlers just arriving and having to understand the new land and learn how to farm to survive. During the harsh winter colonist saw many of their manpower die of starvation and diseases, so a subsequently Virginia suffered a huge labor …show more content…
Even thought the book is spilt up in four section numerous parts of the book have very interesting and boring. First, this book his very interesting for readers who want to know the origins of American racism and where everything originated.When understand this novel by Morgan 's storytelling skill are remarkable book of the social and economic forces at work in 17th century Virginia. Also I like how Morgan 's idea of freedom, and how their ability to establish a political system, to establish the creation of an African Slavery System. This novel helps me realize how important at the slavery was upon the fellow white southern man, because of all of the stolen land settlers took from the native Indians free man power was the key to success. In the novel Morgan locates different paradox in the economic development of the Virginia colony in the 17th century, growth of colonies institution of slavery essential for Virginias ' ultimate embrace of republican ideology. " To a large degree," he writes, "it may be said that American bought their independence with salve labor." (5) I totally free after processing this novel we see how slavery and the rich farm land of the new land gives history America 's birth is on the soil of a stolen land. Also Morgan noted a cool interesting fact of " the substitution of slaves for