American slavery has always been a topic people believe as brutal, cruel, inhumane, and horrible. Years ago, slaves were forced to forget about freedom and the liberties of life that we American’s now take for granted. In the readings “David Walker’s Appeal”, “What to the slave is the fourth of July”, and “Declaration of Sentiments”, there were many circumstances where slavery was documented as described as horrible and unjust.
Slavery is something that was very common in the eighteen hundreds but was something that not everyone wanted. Everyone did not believe in the right to hold other people as property. There were many conflicts at that time about this because some people were for slavery while others were against slavery. While I do not …show more content…
Many abolitionists cite the Declaration of Independence by saying that, “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, which among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” (Declaration) They use this to state that America’s forefathers believed that all men were created equal so that should include the slaves; thus, they should also have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. David Walker sates, “America is more our country, than it is the whites-we have enriched it with our blood and tears. The greatest riches in all America have arisen from our blood and tears.” (Walker) They believe that America belonged more to the slaves because the slaves did most of the work and put their blood, sweat, and tears into it. If the slaves put so much of themselves into America, then how can it not belong to them just as much as it belonged to the …show more content…
The slaves just wanted to be viewed as equals; they were not happy with the whites at that time because they had to work under them in cruel environments. The abolitionists believed that the slaves should be treated as equals and given the same rights as everyone else. Nobody wants to leave feeling like they are under the control of someone else; that is why the American colonists wanted independence from Great Britain. The slaves just wanted the same thing that the American colonists wanted back then and who can blame
Slavery is something that was very common in the eighteen hundreds but was something that not everyone wanted. Everyone did not believe in the right to hold other people as property. There were many conflicts at that time about this because some people were for slavery while others were against slavery. While I do not …show more content…
Many abolitionists cite the Declaration of Independence by saying that, “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, which among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” (Declaration) They use this to state that America’s forefathers believed that all men were created equal so that should include the slaves; thus, they should also have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. David Walker sates, “America is more our country, than it is the whites-we have enriched it with our blood and tears. The greatest riches in all America have arisen from our blood and tears.” (Walker) They believe that America belonged more to the slaves because the slaves did most of the work and put their blood, sweat, and tears into it. If the slaves put so much of themselves into America, then how can it not belong to them just as much as it belonged to the …show more content…
The slaves just wanted to be viewed as equals; they were not happy with the whites at that time because they had to work under them in cruel environments. The abolitionists believed that the slaves should be treated as equals and given the same rights as everyone else. Nobody wants to leave feeling like they are under the control of someone else; that is why the American colonists wanted independence from Great Britain. The slaves just wanted the same thing that the American colonists wanted back then and who can blame