How were African Americans able to achieve emancipation in the North
The emancipation of African Americans in the North was borne on the back of a deficiency of cheap labor amongst Northern businesses. Thousands of slaves fled the south to search for work in the North. In these new circumstances African Americans enjoyed more freedom and rights than in the south where after the Civil war whites had sought to regain control of blacks using the infamous Jim Crow Laws. This hostile environment was coupled by rampant violence against African American males culminating in numerous lynching that served to reinforce the northern migration of thousands of African Americans.
Upon appropriating capital, African Americans begun to penetrate the political system in Northern cities as more and more whites fled to the suburbs in a bid to avoid growing racial tensions that had emerged in the North. This left gaps in the political representation that allowed more and more African Americans to enter in to positions of influence.
Aside from this trend more and more African Americans begun to go in to respectable professions, a trend that further cemented their influence and power. All the while conditions for African Americans in the South were deteriorating as the economic bedrock of the south that is agriculture faced growing problems. The witnessing of the harsh conditions faced by African Americans in the south led to many Northern abolitionists to begin championing the emancipation of African Americans from Slavery. Huge riots and unrest had begun popping up in the North as more neighborhoods were populated by African Americans. A growing current of racial tension intensified through the efforts and new capacities that were obtained by the progressive portions of the African American Northern population.
How did the domestic slave trade and the exploitation of black women by white males affect slave families
The emergence of slave families can be traced as early as 1790 where after the first boat loads of slaves were brought from Africa the slave populations begun forming a community. These communities lived in an uneasy coexistence and had become quite friendly with their task masters (Malone, 1996). However this fragile coexistence did not last long. Around the beginning of the 19th century the importation of slave labor became a dying trend as many colonies and states moved to effect a complete ban on slave labor importation. This immediate shortage of labors that emerged made the established plantations to begin a domestic slave trade. It was this trade that begun dislocation of the slave families and spawned a wide spread sexual exploitation of black women (Donoghue, 2008).
The response to the shortage of a supply of slaves by the slave owners and traders was to tamper with the fertility of the slave families by breeding slaves like animals. This breeding consisted of pairing of stud males whose work was primarily copulation, with females in a view to increasing the numbers of slaves. This pairing was not based on consent and the effects of this practice resulted in sexual anarchist environments where the slave family could not survive intact. Women were openly forced to copulate with many men and vice versa. The ensuing environment severely damaged the social fabric of the slave community and created very dislocated communes (Donoghue, 2008).
In the Northern regions of America large numbers of women were traded to increase stocks and to augment the already dwindling number so females. This was a strategic move to effect the wanton forced copulation of slaves to bring forth many children for labour
How was black freedom in the North limited in the antebellum decades
In antebellum North Carolina the slave code of 1715 defined the place of blacks in society. It was a highly punitive code that outlawed runaway slaves two months after they were away. In addition to this the slaves were to be shot on sight when spotted much like outlaws were treated at the time (Bill, 1992). Such codes restricted the mobility of slaves and denied them the possession of weapons further limiting the rights that slaves enjoyed. The code further forbade black slaves from moving out of the plantations without certain identification documents ant they rigidly forbade any interracial relations.
The passage of the Negro Seaman Act in the South during the antebellum period led to a spread of their doctrine in many Northern states and cities. The laws curtailed the interaction between freed northern seamen and slaves being shipped in from Africa. The laws declared that these freed seamen were to be imprisoned while their ships were docked in the Northern cities and that their expenses were to be covered by the captains of these ships. Failure to adhere to these laws would see imprisonment of the captains and slavery for the freed black seamen.
How did Gabriel, Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner influence the northern abolitionist movement
The Nat Turner insurrection was a significant factor in Northern abolitionist calls for a path to peaceful emancipation of slaves in the South. The insurrection raised fears of a violent reprisal amongst many abolitionists who at the time had not shown a preference for violence as a means to emancipation. However these antiviolence sentiments were to dwindle as more and more abolitionist sought violence as a means to achieve the emancipation.
Northern abolitionists were also compelled to advocate for antislavery upon witnessing the reprisals that emerged after the rebellions that would break out amongst the slaves. The brutality meted out on the slaves begun to rouse more antislavery sentiments amongst northerners.
Upon appropriating capital, African Americans begun to penetrate the political system in Northern cities as more and more whites fled to the suburbs in a bid to avoid growing racial tensions that had emerged in the North. This left gaps in the political representation that allowed more and more African Americans to enter in to positions of influence.
Aside from this trend more and more African Americans begun to go in to respectable professions, a trend that further cemented their influence and power. All the while conditions for African Americans in the South were deteriorating as the economic bedrock of the south that is agriculture faced growing problems. The witnessing of the harsh conditions faced by African Americans in the south led to many Northern abolitionists to begin championing the emancipation of African Americans from Slavery. Huge riots and unrest had begun popping up in the North as more neighborhoods were populated by African Americans. A growing current of racial tension intensified through the efforts and new capacities that were obtained by the progressive portions of the African American Northern population.
How did the domestic slave trade and the exploitation of black women by white males affect slave families
The emergence of slave families can be traced as early as 1790 where after the first boat loads of slaves were brought from Africa the slave populations begun forming a community. These communities lived in an uneasy coexistence and had become quite friendly with their task masters (Malone, 1996). However this fragile coexistence did not last long. Around the beginning of the 19th century the importation of slave labor became a dying trend as many colonies and states moved to effect a complete ban on slave labor importation. This immediate shortage of labors that emerged made the established plantations to begin a domestic slave trade. It was this trade that begun dislocation of the slave families and spawned a wide spread sexual exploitation of black women (Donoghue, 2008).
The response to the shortage of a supply of slaves by the slave owners and traders was to tamper with the fertility of the slave families by breeding slaves like animals. This breeding consisted of pairing of stud males whose work was primarily copulation, with females in a view to increasing the numbers of slaves. This pairing was not based on consent and the effects of this practice resulted in sexual anarchist environments where the slave family could not survive intact. Women were openly forced to copulate with many men and vice versa. The ensuing environment severely damaged the social fabric of the slave community and created very dislocated communes (Donoghue, 2008).
In the Northern regions of America large numbers of women were traded to increase stocks and to augment the already dwindling number so females. This was a strategic move to effect the wanton forced copulation of slaves to bring forth many children for labour
How was black freedom in the North limited in the antebellum decades
In antebellum North Carolina the slave code of 1715 defined the place of blacks in society. It was a highly punitive code that outlawed runaway slaves two months after they were away. In addition to this the slaves were to be shot on sight when spotted much like outlaws were treated at the time (Bill, 1992). Such codes restricted the mobility of slaves and denied them the possession of weapons further limiting the rights that slaves enjoyed. The code further forbade black slaves from moving out of the plantations without certain identification documents ant they rigidly forbade any interracial relations.
The passage of the Negro Seaman Act in the South during the antebellum period led to a spread of their doctrine in many Northern states and cities. The laws curtailed the interaction between freed northern seamen and slaves being shipped in from Africa. The laws declared that these freed seamen were to be imprisoned while their ships were docked in the Northern cities and that their expenses were to be covered by the captains of these ships. Failure to adhere to these laws would see imprisonment of the captains and slavery for the freed black seamen.
How did Gabriel, Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner influence the northern abolitionist movement
The Nat Turner insurrection was a significant factor in Northern abolitionist calls for a path to peaceful emancipation of slaves in the South. The insurrection raised fears of a violent reprisal amongst many abolitionists who at the time had not shown a preference for violence as a means to emancipation. However these antiviolence sentiments were to dwindle as more and more abolitionist sought violence as a means to achieve the emancipation.
Northern abolitionists were also compelled to advocate for antislavery upon witnessing the reprisals that emerged after the rebellions that would break out amongst the slaves. The brutality meted out on the slaves begun to rouse more antislavery sentiments amongst northerners.
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