Slavery in the Past and Today
I. Introduction Slavery in America began from the early 17th century, a slave was someone who could be forced to work from the age of 10 or if they were not so lucky they could be slave when they were 4 years old. Many of the slaves in the North America came from the west coast of Africa. Actually, they were captured by African tribes and some of them were captured by European, and the slave would be traded to European and American merchant. In 1619 slaves ( African Americans ) were brought to Jamestown, Virginia. At the beginning they were an indentured servants instead of slaves, but at the time goes by the owner of this indentured servant saw the beneficial of having a servant without have to pay them and the master could have power among them, so he could offer whatever he want, if any of rules where broken their master would punish the slave and from this advantages they started to enslave their indentured servant. In 1793, the development of textile industry in northern area and their high demand of cotton became an opportunity for the southern who had a large cotton plantation to provide the northern needs. Because of this fact there was no way else except to add more slave to each plantation in southern area, and at that time slavery expanded rapidly. Most of the slaves were work in southern agricultural sector. The slave didn’t work alone, they work as a group because one particular job that the master gave to them needed more power. The possibility of be treated like a normal human for a slave were a little, usually the master would push them to work till the limit. They work in the heat of the sun, the cold, the rain, the hail, the snow, and there’s nothing would stop them from working except the master of the slave asked them to stop. Slave not only did plantation things but also they did everything from being house servants, nurses, mid wives, blacksmiths, carpenters, handymen, and so on. The female slave faced the reality that they have to work