White slavery

By 1865, bloodhounds were seen as a weapon by which the planter class oppressed not only slaves, but white unionists and northern prisoners of war. The savagery of the bloodhounds illustrated what Northerners considered to be the true brutality of the culture of the Southern planter class. In the war’s second year, newspapers in Iowa began to discuss the new use of bloodhounds in the Southern states as literal instruments of control over Southern Unionists. Dogs were indeed deployed by the…

The Wren building was the first building built for white children, and some native american children’s education that is still in use to this day. To this day, the building is used as part of the college of William and Mary’s Christopher college. The college’s archaeologist group is currently excavating…

history books and the oral reports passed down from our ancestors of the unshakable resilience of our people. The truth is, with research, one would find that, despite various efforts to restrain enslaved blacks, the Africans resisted slavery. Resistance of slavery found itself in many different forms. There was resistance…

Delano’s overconfidence in his own “limited” knowledge and upbringing and from his own experiences growing up, and perhaps his interaction with the black community, he views them as a lesser being forming an idea of himself as a superior or idea of white supremacy that completely limits his understanding and cannot read the gravity of the situation. This overconfidence in his understanding became ignorance and although I believed it helped him from getting killed on the ship by Babo and the…

that black slavery became the prevailing labor system in on the plantations in Virginia. The population of blacks in Virginia saw a rapid growth from as late as 1640, there were most likely just 150 blacks in Virginia and in 1650, 300. Yet, by 1680, the number had ascended to 3,000 and by 1704, to 10,000. Until the mid-1660s, the quantity of white contracted indentured slaves was adequate to meet the work needs of Virginia and Maryland. At that point, in the mid-1660s, the supply of white…

ship. They had all been grouped together, “. . . amongst them were some white enough, fair to look upon, and well proportioned; others were less white like mulattoes; others again were as black as Ethiops, and so ugly” . Although this account includes unnecessary details describing the slaves’ appearances, appearance must not have mattered too much to the buyers and owners, considering there were not just black slaves or white slaves, but a mix of the two. The slave owners probably did have some…

They were kidnapped and sold into slavery. A reason for this was most likely because of the prejudices during that time. Slaves were mostly African American, while indentured servings were white men. Most slaves were also born into slavery so they really had no other choice to do anything else. However, Indentured servants wanted to work and had signed contracts in order to work. It is…

Toussant Louverture Toussant Louverture was born on May 20, 1743 (This Week 30) and died April 7, 1803 alone, in a French prison (Norton 6.) His impact on the history of Haiti will eternally be visible and the effects will continue forward for all time. To clarify a historical context: Haiti was discovered by Christopher Colombus and was promptly colonized. Spain was quite happy to claim it and quite happy to use its natural resources as many other powerful European countries were doing; however…

this time, but while Twain’s supposed critique of southern racism is successful in the sense that he shows a positive relationship between a white boy and a black man, his message is ultimately limited by the ambiguity of said message, as is evident though Jim’s embodiment of typical African American stereotypes, Huck’s lack…

Though this book was brief, The Fight Against Slavery (1977) gave powerful insight into the foundation of the slave trade in Britain in the 18th century. This book gave a refreshing viewpoint and a unique perspective of the European world in the Jacksonian era. I had never explored the effects of slavery outside of the United States and was amazed at the direct responses, reactions and impact that different countries slave driven economies’ had with each other. The vivid examples given in this…