In the essay, Slavery and Public History, James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton's main argument is that “slavery is a sobering subject, too difficult to interpret in the atmosphere of a shopping mall or any place in which education is not the obvious intent”(Horton pg.53). Slavery is an issue that many “Americans” tend to avoid because its such a gloomy topic and either most are not educated to know what slavery truly was or only know the stereotypes concerning slavery in America. To this day, many white Americans believe that racial discrimination is a thing of the past and it does not exist anymore, but this is just more evidence that demonstrates how isolated people are from each other (white Americans and African Americans) and reality.
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Thus while slavery is an important topic to cover, no one was really suitable to talk about this topic. Eventually professors started to create seminars so that anybody can attend and learn about slavery and the way slavery played a crucial role for the “freedom” we have today. Once this move started, eventually this move went to the museums and battle sites where slavery should be discussed and help the youth and adults visiting these sites to learn about the struggles that African Americans faced in a young America that was created for whites to be the main rulers. The first case of slavery that was first witnessed by whites was in the early years of the colonies when King George III used to rule. In this case whites saw themselves as slaves of King George III because they had to work for him to get revenue, they paid taxes and King George III owned the colonies. In this instance, the whites were very offended and decided to retaliate, yet the actual slaves had no voice and they were still forced to work while whites fought the
Thus while slavery is an important topic to cover, no one was really suitable to talk about this topic. Eventually professors started to create seminars so that anybody can attend and learn about slavery and the way slavery played a crucial role for the “freedom” we have today. Once this move started, eventually this move went to the museums and battle sites where slavery should be discussed and help the youth and adults visiting these sites to learn about the struggles that African Americans faced in a young America that was created for whites to be the main rulers. The first case of slavery that was first witnessed by whites was in the early years of the colonies when King George III used to rule. In this case whites saw themselves as slaves of King George III because they had to work for him to get revenue, they paid taxes and King George III owned the colonies. In this instance, the whites were very offended and decided to retaliate, yet the actual slaves had no voice and they were still forced to work while whites fought the