LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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We still practice slavery
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How we talk about & treat black athletes
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We don’t allow immigrants from Africa anymore
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We still need slaves, so we import them from Asia now instead of Africa
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Detailed explanation-1: -RACE, HEALTH, AND MEDICINE The social and physical legacy of American slavery as reckoned in persistent race-based inequalities in health care, childbirth, and early childhood outcomes-as well as community-based healing and health care traditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the South, the Revolution severely disrupted slavery, but ultimately white Southerners succeeded in strengthening the institution. The Revolution also inspired African-American resistance against slavery. During the Revolution, thousands of slaves obtained their freedom by running away.
Detailed explanation-3: -Belonging to another human being brought unique constrictions, disruptions, frustrations, and pain. Slavery not only inhibited family formation but made stable, secure family life difficult if not impossible. Enslaved people could not legally marry in any American colony or state.
Detailed explanation-4: -Enslaved people were regarded and treated as property with little to no rights. In many colonies, enslaved people could not testify in a court of law, own guns, gather in large groups, or go out at night.