Slavery in America began when the first African Americans were brought to Virginia, from Africa in 1619, to help increase the economy with the productions of many crops, including tobacco, rice, and cotton. In this book you will see how slavery was developed over time, and how cruel were the slave holders to the bond people. It talks about how intensive their lives were, how they were sold, trade, sexually abuse, and many more other cruel things that made them weak over time. Daina Berry lets us know how gender did not matter to slave holders, the only thing that matter to them was being skilled and getting some profit out of their slaves. This book takes us deep into the crop plantations and the slave life and community. Because of this, the
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Hard labor and the slave owners that would interfere in many slave families affected them in many ways. During hard labor, in some occasions it would cause death and the interference of slave owners that would rape the women had a big impact with their husbands. Slave sale and separation were the number one reason why families suffered from depression. Planters tried to control the slave’s private lives by assigning a partner and forcing them to have a family, which is known as breeding. "Breeding was one method of sexual coercion that some members of the slaveholding class relied upon to control and increase their slave populations" (p. 78). …show more content…
Slave history played a critical role in the development of the first economy. The book contributes in the slave history because it has so many different stories, beginning with women slaves, male slaves, and children as well. It lets us know how the Americans and other immigrants that came from other countries like Europe, made the bond people suffer from so many perspectives. Starting from the way of living, eating, clothing, traveling from Africa to the Americas, hard labor, child death, sexual abuse, and many more. This book contributes with history in many ways, it tells us more about how slavery was first introduced into the Americas, how it came to be very important in the entire country and why it was important for the slave holders. Slaves were also the first ones to help produce the products for the first greater consumer markets that included tobacco, rice, and
Hard labor and the slave owners that would interfere in many slave families affected them in many ways. During hard labor, in some occasions it would cause death and the interference of slave owners that would rape the women had a big impact with their husbands. Slave sale and separation were the number one reason why families suffered from depression. Planters tried to control the slave’s private lives by assigning a partner and forcing them to have a family, which is known as breeding. "Breeding was one method of sexual coercion that some members of the slaveholding class relied upon to control and increase their slave populations" (p. 78). …show more content…
Slave history played a critical role in the development of the first economy. The book contributes in the slave history because it has so many different stories, beginning with women slaves, male slaves, and children as well. It lets us know how the Americans and other immigrants that came from other countries like Europe, made the bond people suffer from so many perspectives. Starting from the way of living, eating, clothing, traveling from Africa to the Americas, hard labor, child death, sexual abuse, and many more. This book contributes with history in many ways, it tells us more about how slavery was first introduced into the Americas, how it came to be very important in the entire country and why it was important for the slave holders. Slaves were also the first ones to help produce the products for the first greater consumer markets that included tobacco, rice, and