SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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They were the best
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They should never have happened
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They hated them
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They worked for them
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Detailed explanation-1: -The treatment of slaves in the United States often included sexual abuse and rape, the denial of education, and punishments like whippings. Families were often split up by the sale of one or more members, usually never to see or hear of each other again.
Detailed explanation-2: -The best-known political figure to defend black slavery as a “positive good, ” was John C. Calhoun, a political theorist and the seventh Vice President of the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, who was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland, in 1818, became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time.
Detailed explanation-4: -The punishments took many forms, including whippings, torture, mutilation, imprisonment, and being sold away from the plantation. Slaves were even sometimes murdered. Some masters were more “benevolent” than others, and punished less often or severely.