Slavery

Introduction

In the history of mankind freedom has always been a major issue. In ancient times, almost all the people made use of slave labour. Slaves belonged to the social life. The slaves were given freedom by their masters were again given, on condition that they could afford it, then again also slaves. To achieve a more adequate treatment of the human dignity of the enslaved peoples was sometimes limited and thus the concept of total full body property. But there were clear differences between slavery in the ancient world and the U.S. In the U.S, slavery was defined solely on the membership of a race. Enslaved Africans and Indians were only black, because they saw he was an 'inferior' and 'underdeveloped' race.

Discussion

Evolution in the United States

It is studied that the evolution of the slavery started in 1619. History of the United States is inseparable from that of black slavery in the South of The Union. It is important to know that the original African-Americans were the only immigrants who have not chosen to settle in the United States. The Americans were going to look to Africa for the sole purpose of enslaving them. The blacks around in 1619, in a Dutch frigate landed at Jamestown, Virginia. They were employed on plantations that grew in the colonies of South and Central to cultivate sugarcane, tobacco, rice, etc. They began a triangular trade based on trafficking of these slaves to America.  Many colonies soon followed the example, the Carolinas whose constitution legally recognized slavery. Every freeman of Carolina shall have absolute power and authority over his slaves and Maryland. In the northern colonies, slaves were employed in domestic work and commerce. 

It is observed that in recent years, the importation of slaves (many of them died of disease in the holds of slave ships) took incredible proportions. In the late eighteenth century, the number of slaves brought into the South was 750 000. Internationally, the slave trade was officially banned in 1807 after costing the lives of more than 20 million Africans. But nothing changed in the United States. The slaves did not remain without reaction and tried to rebel against their "masters". Even having forged alliances between black slaves and Indians, united in common hatred of the white man. The British Empire abolished slavery in 1834. On 1 January 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the emancipation of slaves in the southern states and with the vote of the 13th Amendment; slavery was constitutionally abolished throughout December 18, 1865. Then, the 14th (in 1868) and 15th (1870) amendments that guaranteed civil rights of blacks, and their equality before the law was voted with the whites. However, despite these amendments, legislative tricks allowed to reduce to 90% the number of blacks eligible to vote or stand for election. Blacks won their freedom, but White did not accept the equality between the two races, considering their obvious superiority. The former slave developed a visceral racism, violent and often criminal. It flourished secret society led by former Confederate soldiers as the Ku Klux Klan was founded in Tennessee in 1865 and was ...