- Slavery started during the Neolithic revolution around 11,000 years ago. The earliest records of slavery can be traced to the code of Hammurabi and the Bible, stating that it was an established institution.
- Slavery began in southern states after the settlers imported black slaves for their plantations from 1607 onwards till until the outbreak of the revolution in 1775.
- Africa.
- The south Americans bought and owned slaves to help the people out in the farms. Slaves working in the farm have long hours of work from sunrise to sunset.
- There were laws where slaves have to abide to. The slaves were not supposed to learn how to read. The slaves were also not supposed to be harbouring slaves. The slaves are not supposed to teach other how to poison. The slaves not supposed to engage in killing, marking or branding cattle. Slaves are not to strike white people.
- The slavery in the United States, involved the Caucasians exploiting and using the African americans as their slaves, because they thought that the “blacks” were inferior to them, which is also the case in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. The citizens of Maycomb county, where they discriminated against the African Americans too, but not to the extent of forcing them into slavery. They not only looked down upon them, but condemned them into a life of inferiority towards them. This also stirred up rage in the African Americans, just like it did in America in that time. This then was one of the causes of the civil war in America.
- The study of slavery has helped me understand the various reasons why the Caucasians saw the African Americans as an inferior race. Also it helped me understand the attitude and actions of various characters in the novel towards the African Americans, and why they do so. For example why Bob Ewell was so angry at his daughter for kissing Tom Robinson, as he felt that the “blacks” were “dirty” in a sense, and was not fit to be loved by a “white” person.
Lye Yu Xuan
Ng Jun Hong
Yeo Wen Jie
Lee Juo Shuen
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