I never realized how so very early on, Europeans had blacks as slaves, even before the United States did. Why was Africa singled out, by both Europe and then the U.S., as a nation to which slaves could be obtained without a second thought? Now moving onto Christopher Columbus and his voyage to the 'New World'. When I was younger Columbus was portrayed as a 'hero' who discovered this wonderful place that we now call America. However, I view him more so as greedy. He came into these natives lives and put them into slavery. His motives behind all of this were simply due to his want of money and power.
In earlier years, European powers' actions were overlooked and went by without any consequences. As time has passed on, many efforts and documents have been made to abolish slavery. Slavery has become a more well known topic that is talked about often. There will always be people trying to sneak by the rules, therefore, it is very important that people are well educated on this subject.
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Hi Caitlin,
ReplyDeleteThere are several good sources online to learn more about the histories of racism, which influenced the rationale for implementing the system in the 'American colonies.' Slavery was debated vigorously among many sectors of colonial religious, legal and political spheres from its earliest conception. Happy research! --Margo Tamez