HIST 2112 Lecture 2: hist2
History Slave
Hist 2110
Necessary evil? I say selfish people! People are trying to justify slavery by saying that
African Americans are better off as being slaves than free. They claim that freed slaves are
cheated and deceived and are willing to return to the plantations. This is completely falsified by
the great Fredrick Douglas. He escaped slavery at the mere age of 20 and now he is working
hard to protect other runaway slaves who wish for better lives. He is the prime example on how
freed slaves are happier and how once freed, they want to help other enslaved people be free.
People are just making up lies to justify their horrible acts and mistreatments! If slaves
are so happy and rather be enslaved than free, why are they trying to escape to the North?
Even though there are acts such as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, slaves are still trying to
escape their horrible conditions disregard to the harsh penalization if they happen to get
caught. (American Yawp, Antislavery and Abolitionism)
No one has ever seen a happy slave. Slavery demoralizes people and rids them of any
kind of happiness. (Grimke Weld Speech) What kind of person, black or white, would be happy
knowing that in any moment, in any mistake, they could lose their job or housing? Whether
they are being treated like a king or not, enslaved people cannot forget their status as
belongings instead of human beings. Who would be happy being ripped apart from their
families? Slaves are mistreated everyday by whipping, beating, imprisonment, and so much
more. Enslaved African Aerias are’t treated as hua eigs. They are eig treated like
property or ojets. There is o freedo for slaes. They are’t ee alloed to leae the plae
without permission.
Freed slaves will be happier and healthier than they will ever be in the horrible world of
slavery. There are hundreds of antislavery societies and so many establishments growing to
help freed slaves. Schools, churches, voluntary associations are rising! (American Yawp,
Antislavery and Abolitionism) The Virginia Newspaper claims that in one sense, no one, white or
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Document Summary
People are trying to justify slavery by saying that. African americans are better off as being slaves than free. They claim that freed slaves are cheated and deceived and are willing to return to the plantations. This is completely falsified by the great fredrick douglas. He escaped slavery at the mere age of 20 and now he is working hard to protect other runaway slaves who wish for better lives. He is the prime example on how freed slaves are happier and how once freed, they want to help other enslaved people be free. People are just making up lies to justify their horrible acts and mistreatments! Even though there are acts such as the fugitive slave act of 1850, slaves are still trying to escape their horrible conditions disregard to the harsh penalization if they happen to get caught. (american yawp, antislavery and abolitionism) No one has ever seen a happy slave.
