Essay On How Slaves Were Dehumanized

One of the first reasons on how slaves were dehumanized was that Americans brought their slaves to the United States chained up like animals and against their own will. They would fit multiple slaves in ships with not a lot of room, without giving them an adequate supply of food and water to live off of. According to the book, The Interesting Narrative of The Life of Olaudah Equiano, they were chained so close that they weren’t able to move around. As these slaves were chained up and little room to move they had to use the restroom on themselves and also eat in the same place causing the slaves to receive diseases due to all the toxins in their human droppings. Those that survived during the long ship ride were what the Americans needed. Upon arrival in the United States the slaves would be …show more content…
Southern African Americans were forced to work all day for no pay. As soon as the sun rises the slaves had to work until sunset. Africans Americans in the South had no option to take a day off or not like how a regular free person would have.Also if the weather was good or bad the slaves were usually out working. Southern Africans slaves were also considered as property of their slave owner. A slave could not leave the farm without permission because if they do it would be considered escape. If a person ever tried to helped a slave escape they could be charged with theft due to the slave being property of whoever their slave owner is. African Americans in the South had no right to vote for anything for example voting for president. Even though the Africans represented about 40% of the population in the South they did not have the right to vote.Africans were not allowed to learn to read, it was against the law to teach a slave how to read because many whites thought that if a slave learned how to read he would be capable to learn how to escape or use their knowledge against