Analysis Of Slavery: Going To The American Horizon

Throughout the nineteenth-century, slavery was a big factory in society. Early on, there was less talk and less activity about slavery, but as time past, slavery became bigger and even common in society. At that time, African Americans were looked down upon and were not as upstanding of a citizen as a white man was. So as I read and analyze the images and text in the Going to the Source textbook as well as gather evidence through the American Horizon and lecture notes, I will be showing the audience why slavery became such a common thing, what one very important African American did with his life as a slave, and show you how slavery progressed and changed throughout the nineteenth-century. In the early years of the nineteenth-century, slaves were being shipped to the United States of America, or the new world, by boat. Even though the U.S. Constitution tried forcing Congress to outlaw slave …show more content…
This visual shows a sense of downgrading against the African Americans. As the passage explains to the reader, the visual depicts an Independence Day Celebration located in Center Square, Philadelphia around 1819. The picture shows massive crowds, tents that are of the shapes of small buildings, and a massive building in the background. In the far right corner of the picture, surrounded by the crowd, is one black woman. The passage states that the woman was “trying her best to distribute temperance pamphlets.” So you have the whites over here playing music, hugging, dancing, and drinking while one lonely black woman hands out pamphlets. In my own personal opinion, I think that the white people wanted that to happen. They want to make sure the slaves know that if they disobey or act out, that there would be serious consequences for it. It embarrassed the black woman and shows a sense of power coming from the white