The American Revolution Affected Slaves And Women

The American Revolution and how it Affected Slaves and Women The American Revolution, the revolution in which the thirteen colonies broke free from Great Britain's rule and created The United states of America. Little do you know the American Revolution marked a change in the way women were perceived as and affected slaves lives with a hope of freedom.

In the 1700’s the women's traditional role was to cook, clean, bare children and take care of the house. That came to a change in 1765, the start of the American Revolution. 55,000 is a rough estimate of men who had gone to fight in the war. This left many unfilled jobs that women had the opportunity to take. Some examples of jobs women would take were farming, blacksmithing and also …show more content…
In the north slaves were granted freedom if they went to war and if they survived and came back the master would actually keep his word and free the slave. But in the south slaves were not given the option to go to war for their freedom. Actually after the revolution slavery was banned in most parts in the North. Unfortunately it wasn't the same for the south. The American Revolution was such a big effect on slavery because it was the first stage for slaves to have freedom. Northerners were not the only ones willing to give slaves their freedom it was also the British! British was also willing to free slaves if they fought with them in their side in the war. But in the end the British nor Americans wanted slaves to win their freedom for a social change but just simply because they wanted to win the war. But surprisingly a lot of the founding fathers did not agree with slavery but did not want to abolish it at the time because it seemed too radical to do then. One of the founding fathers who did not agree with slavery was Alexander Hamilton because he realized that the slaves wanted to be free and independent just like the Americans wanted to be free and independent from Great Britain. Alexander Hamilton once said himself that: “Man is either governed by his own laws -- freedom -- or the laws of another -- slavery. Are you willing to become slaves? Will you give up your freedom, your life and your property without a single struggle? No man has a right to rule over his fellow creatures.” And alexander Hamilton has also said: “The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to which he has given his consent, either in person or by his representative; in the latter, he is governed by the will of another. In the one case,