21st January blog post

Slavery

a) Slavery began in the southhern states in the 1600s. Most of the slaves were black. As more people were having crops and fields and they needed more workers to support the work.

b) The owner of the plantations brought the slaves from countries in Africa.

c) The platation owners bought and owned the slaves. Most of them were Europeans.

d) The slaves had to abide to many unfair laws including: no gathering in more than groups of 4, slaves cannot learn to read and write, cannot marry to the white people.

e) Racicism was caused partly by slavery. The notion of slavery is related to the story.


The civil war

a) The sourthern states include:Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,Georgia,Lousiana,Texas, Virgina,Arkansa,Tennessee and north Carolina.

b)Abraham Lincoln proclaimed war against the South.

c) The civil war began due to the Southern Statess seceded from the union as the did not want to abolish slavery. The government saw that as a rebellion and hence, the civil war started.

d) The war was fought between 1861 to 1865.

e) The union won the war and slavery was abolished from the Southern States and the slaves were free.

f)In both To Kill A Mocking Bird and the Civil War, the African - americans were being discriminated. However, in both situations , there were people who chose to give them rights. The Civil rights movement and the Civil war both attempted to give the African Americans freedom and justice.


Jim Crow's Law

a) It refers to a song and dance caricature , " Jim Jump Crow".

b) It was the discrimination of the African American. These laws treated the Negros unfairly. Examples are that they were not allowed to use public washrooms, public transports.

c) The African Americans were unpleased and started some civil wars after world war two. They felt that their service to the community should allow them to become full America citizens instead of being discriminated.

d)Yes. The Tom Robinson's case is an example.