The Consequences Of Slavery

The angles which attempted to justify slavery was based off of ignoring and the manipulation of facts or religious beliefs, which still did not fully make slavery ethically acceptable. Those who were slaves and witnessed or experienced the actuality of the situation were able to uphold the wrong that was conducted through slaveries existence, which ultimately aided their racial freedom. The enslavement of African Americans was looked upon through multiple angles and those who attempted to perceive it as a benefit found reasons to justify it, such as Richard Furman and George Fitzhugh. However, through their justification the masking of reality was unobjectionable, as the actuality of the slave situation was described through the harsh experiences …show more content…
Fitzhugh describes an almost perfect society where everything is in abundance including happiness by the slaves of their situation. He explains slavery as being something as a business where the slave is always perfect, not mistreated, and knows he will be safe, however, he does not describe how a slave is taken against his will, not given rights, and is considered property because the owner has purchased this human being. As an example of how Fitzhugh described slavery, “At the slaveholding south all is peace, quiet, plenty, and contentment. We have no mobs, no trades unions, no strikes for higher wages, no armed resistance to the law; but little jealousy of the rich by the Poor.” (37. Slavery Defended as Moral and Beneficial, Page 206). Fitzhugh is able to manipulate the mines of his readers based on his status in society and his entire manipulation of the situation. He then goes on, similar to Furman to state that slavery is like a family, again adding onto that perfect …show more content…
Harriet Jacobs was a slave to Dr. Flint’s and his family. Entering the fifteenth year as a slave girl, Harriet Jacobs master began to whisper foul words into her ear. Dr. Flint’s wanted to make it known to her that she was his possession, and he could do with her what he pleases, “He told me I was his property; that I must sacred commandments of nature.” (3. Harriet Jacobs Laments Her Trials as a Slave Girl, Page 213). She was raped by him, and not allowed to discuss it with anyone. As an African American she did not have a voice, could not turn to anyone nor the law, and could not speak of the horror her master had done to her because she as an African American, not viewed as a human being, was perceived as nothing much as an object that had full position and control from her master who had purchased