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Slavery: Discrimination Against Black Society

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Iman Prunty & Jairo Mora
History 1301
Prof. Powers
February 29, 2016 Slavery Discrimination against black society has been going on for centuries including today. Slavery on the other hand began in the early 1600’s. The start of slavery began when Africans were taken from their home to be slaves in America, slaves formed uprisings across the states, and a war between the north and the south caused a huge shift in the United States. The Americans attack and capture Africans from their villages to be sold as slaves in America. Venture Smith an African stolen away from his home country as a boy experienced slavery, but then at thirty-six years old he was able to buy his freedom. “Notwithstanding all the losses I have suffered by fire, by the injustice of knaves, by the cruelty and the oppression of false hearted friends, and the perfidy of my own countrymen whom I have assisted and redeemed from bondage, I am now possessed of more than one hundred acres of land, and three habitable dwelling houses.”. This shows that slaves have been treated unfairly by owners and suffered through many losses. American slavery was always marked by violence, which made blacks rebel against the whites.
In New York City, the slaves were filled with hatred and revolted against their …show more content…

Gabriel’s failed uprising was one, the other was the Louisiana Uprising. This uprising included five hundred slaves that attacked and burned four or five sugar plantations. “In this melancholy affair, but two citizens have fell by the hands of these brigands, and three dwelling houses burned; not a single sugar house nor sugar works were molested. The poor wretches… have paid for their crimes… have been killed and hung. And more will be executed”. This was said by a U.S. troop who was one of the few who defeated the slaves in this uprising. Many slaves were tried and executed then as a warning their heads were mounted on

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