The Slavery Of America And America - 1168 Words

In 1619, there was a Dutch ship that arrived in America to trade for food. But instead of an object, such as silk or wine, they were trading humans. These humans were Africans who were not treated as normal human beings, but as if they were just an object or animal. On their voyage over to America, all the slaves were crammed into the lower part of the ship. They were forbidden to move and had to remain lying down for the entire voyage. For those on the ship to be sure the slaves were not causing any trouble, the men on the ship had put chains on the large group of slaves or indentured servants, historians are unsure. If anyone had become ill on the journey, no one cared and they went would be sent overboard. Due to all of the†¦show more content†¦Before 1665, slavery was accepted. Slavery had previously existed in Africa as well as China, Egypt, and Greece. The enslaving of people was not as common as slavery, but it had been happening in South and Central America, as well as Mexico and the Caribbean. Because slavery had existed as well as enslaving people, those being enslaved were starting to rebel. The first recorded rebellion in America was in Gloucester, County, VA in 1663. Rebellions had already been happening in other countries. Abraham Lincoln gave a speech and he as usual used an anecdote to support his main idea. His speech was about slavery. His anecdote was about two priests, who were discussing some passages from the bible and one of the priests put a coin on the table because the coin was reiterating what the bible said. This was a warning to many people. The southern people had been living their life to make sure there was going to be slavery and some in the north did the same. Centuries later, slavery was all around, just as they hoped, but many slaves were not happy and began to protest. This lead to many rebellions. Between the years 1619 and 1865 there were over two hundred and fifty rebellions. The first recorded rebellion in British North America was in Gloucester County, Virginia, 1663. It was led by slaves and servants, who decided to flee to the woods. Because they