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Slavery in 1800s (Charlie (Quote 1 “By the 1850’s there were nearly 4…
Slavery in 1800s
Charlie
Quote 1
“By the 1850’s there were nearly 4 million slaves in the south, one-third of the southern population”
The slave owners were not only worried about being able to work without the slaves but also about the problems that come with freeing so many African Americans at the same time.
Quote 2
“Approximately a third of all slave families were split apart by sale.”
This shows that even the pain of being beat and knowing your entire life will be spent in the fields doing free labor could compare to losing your family to slaves.
GIST
It talks about all the struggles, worries, and decisions faced by both the slaves and the owners from the south during the 1800’s
It talks about all the struggles, worries, and decisions faced by both the slaves and the owners from the south during the 1800’s
Comparison to Modern Day Life
I try to see the differences from that time to today by trying to picture myself and other people I know in that situation. By doing this I realized how things that they did and said back then that were considered normal or appropriate would be completely looked down on and punished nowadays. Also how if people from that time were brought to present day they would be shocked at how things have changed since slavery.
Chloe
“Hundreds of thousands of Africans were taken from their homes in Africa. After being captured, they were chained, put on ships and brought to America.”- Opposing Slavery:The Abolitionists Movement in America
Paraphrase
: Many Africans were basically kidnapped and shipped to America for labor.
Comparison to Daily Life
:Within modern day life, there are people who are also shipped off to do work, like in the military, but in the military, most people volunteer their services instead of being dragged away.
“An enslaved person is someone who is owned by and works without pay, for another person. Enslaved people were bought and sold like property. Many enslaved people were sold at auctions.”- Opposing Slavery:The Abolitionists Movement in America
Paraphrase
: Enslaved people were basically treated as another “thing” that a person owned. Most people treated them as though they weren’t alive and sold them as they pleased.
Comparison To Daily Life
: This is like when you ask people to do a task for you, but now you must pay people to do work for you.
GIST
:Enslaved people were treated poorly, as though they were another piece of property.
Ella
Quotes
¨Slavery is different in the city than on the countryside. It is different on a small farm than a large plantation. It is different on a cotton plantation that is it is on a sugar plantation.¨
Paraphrase:
Slavery is different in different places, and each slave has a different situation.
Comparison to modern day life:
Every person in the world goes through different things and is in a different situation than others. Some people have struggles with money and others don´t. some people have pets, and some, don´t and so on.
¨To say a person is a slave is to say that person is owned. That person is dominated, that person is legally defined as property.¨
Paraphrase:
Calling someone a slave is the same as calling them owned or belonging to someone else.
Comparison to modern day life:
Children nowadays are legally ¨owned ̈ by their parents, but not in an abusive way like slaves were. I know that I belong to my parents, but I am happy about it, not upset like slaves were a long time ago. They were forced to work, and it was not a loving relationship between them and their ̈owners ̈ like the relationship between my parents and I.
Gist:
Slavery is considering someone else to belong to you. It went on for a long time, and was different everywhere.
Mason
Quotes
In other words, planters expected enslaved people to perform a wide range of jobs that included carpenter, cooper, boatman, cook, seamstress, and blacksmith, to mention only a few of the skilled functions required around plantations.
Paraphrase: Most slave owners wanted their slaves to be skilled in a bunch of jobs.
Comparison to modern day life:
Most Bosses want their workers to be skilled at multiple things
Rice plantations in the low country of South Carolina and Georgia operated on the task system which allowed slaves free time when their work was done.
Paraphrase: Few counties in america gave their slaves free time after their work was done.
Comparison to modern day life:
Few jobs give people free time after their work is done
Summary/GIST:
Owners wanted slaves that could do multiple jobs and some countries gave slaves free time after their work was done
Connection to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer:
Tom´s aunt is always wanting to make sure he is doing the right thing and trying to control his crazy personality. She gives him work to do and technically "owns" him, just like how slaves are "personal property" but with a better relationship.
