Childhood Slavery In The 1700's

Watch out, they are coming for them, hide your children! The Americans explored different places to find black people to be slaves. They took children from their homes, not giving families a choice, they were forced to become someone else's property. In the 1700’s, childhood slavery was found across the Americas. Black children were being torn from their families, they were kidnapped, brutally enslaved and tortured by rich white people for their own benefit. The exploration for new land was over, the search for Slaves to work the land in America had begun. Americans explored new lands to find blacks to sell to rich Americans as slaves, they encountered many obstacles along the way. Being that their mode of transportation was by ship the Americans had to deal with long journeys, rough weather, illness, and lack of food and water on their way to find the slaves, many of which were children …show more content…
The article “Slave Childhoods” describes how the enslaved children were treated differently from the white children. The article tells of how they were required to wear clothing that was different from other children so it was known that they were slaves. Also, it speaks of how they were not allowed to be educated and the roles and chores that they had as slaves. The job for these children was to work the land and grow the crops, not only were they someone else's property but it was rare that they were ever taught simple things such as reading and writing. The white children went to school or were taught at home while the enslaved children were only taught to work the fields and complete chores for their owners. These enslaved children learned who’s rules to follow at a young age. It was made clear that any exchange they had between their parents and their owners, the owners were the ones they answered