Review Of Abraham Lincoln's Views On Freedom From Slavery
FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY Adamaris Rosas.
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, which set all slaves free. He said “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” I 100% agree. Slaves were just people. We’re all just people. Therefore, we should’ve all been all been free. Slaves had not done anything particularly bad to be treated the way they were treated. No one deserves to be a slave, we are all born equal and being a slave is not fair to anyone. They were all treated badly and they couldn’t even defend themselves.
There is no doubt that we are all equal. We are all human and none of us should ever be treated the way slaves were treated. Granville Sharp was an English campaigner for the abolition of the slave trade. He had the same views that Abraham Lincoln had. He stated …show more content…
Slaves were usually always hit or beaten by their owners. James Ramsay, wrote a book by the title “An essay on the treatment and conversion of African of African slaves in British sugar colonies.” In a part of his book he wrote that the punishments for the slaves were “cart whipping, beating with a stock, sometimes to the breaking of bones.” He also said slavery produces cruelty and oppression. Oppression being prolonged cruel unjust treatment or control. You don’t get paid since you’re not respected. No matter how hard you work you don’t get paid. Maybe if you were lucky you got to eat. Mostly because slaves were “property.”
In summary, slavery was a horrible time period in American history, filled with oppression and injustice. Slaves were beaten and overall treated very badly. Just because someone doesn’t look like you doesn’t mean you have the right to treat them badly. That is inhumane and unfair behavior. Slavery was an injustice, which was wonderfully abolished in America. It should’ve been abolished everywhere, don’t you
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, which set all slaves free. He said “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” I 100% agree. Slaves were just people. We’re all just people. Therefore, we should’ve all been all been free. Slaves had not done anything particularly bad to be treated the way they were treated. No one deserves to be a slave, we are all born equal and being a slave is not fair to anyone. They were all treated badly and they couldn’t even defend themselves.
There is no doubt that we are all equal. We are all human and none of us should ever be treated the way slaves were treated. Granville Sharp was an English campaigner for the abolition of the slave trade. He had the same views that Abraham Lincoln had. He stated …show more content…
Slaves were usually always hit or beaten by their owners. James Ramsay, wrote a book by the title “An essay on the treatment and conversion of African of African slaves in British sugar colonies.” In a part of his book he wrote that the punishments for the slaves were “cart whipping, beating with a stock, sometimes to the breaking of bones.” He also said slavery produces cruelty and oppression. Oppression being prolonged cruel unjust treatment or control. You don’t get paid since you’re not respected. No matter how hard you work you don’t get paid. Maybe if you were lucky you got to eat. Mostly because slaves were “property.”
In summary, slavery was a horrible time period in American history, filled with oppression and injustice. Slaves were beaten and overall treated very badly. Just because someone doesn’t look like you doesn’t mean you have the right to treat them badly. That is inhumane and unfair behavior. Slavery was an injustice, which was wonderfully abolished in America. It should’ve been abolished everywhere, don’t you