Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Treatment of Slaves in America vs Latin America

    I found that one of the most interesting concepts that came about whilst reading this book thus far, and from what I have already discovered through a variety of history courses, is the treatment of slaves in other places than "America."
      It is important to note that, even if slaves could be considered to have been treated "better" in the United States, they were still treated inhumanely and the idea of "breeding" African's is disgusting and makes them sound like animals. This was the mindset of colonial times, and even years after, that African people weren't people, nor even human.
     African's were worked to death in Latin America, the Caribbean, and surrounding areas where the colonist had settled. They would work African's to death, which can still be said about America. Just because slaves in America lived a bit longer, they were still worked until they died.
     Slavery, no matter what, is morally wrong no matter how well you do or don't treat them. However it is still important to note the differences in treatment and why they were treated the way they were, which is explained in out book, Coming to America. (Page 61 and 62) Human's aren't made to be or thought of as disposable. Each human life has significance and meaning, which wasn't that big of a concept back then.



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