Tag Archives: Slavery
I am now a free man
Slavery is what slavery is but exactly is slavery. Growing up I heard mostly one side of slavey but now I’m starting to realize it was more than just picking cotton. The slaves that was brought here came here without … Continue reading
Slavery
At the beginning they show a lot of picture and give a lot of facts about slavery, and how it was wrong… but then it shows New York as a somewhat of a safe place, where slaves that wanted freedom could go and … Continue reading
Compelling Contradictions
Horton’s ‘In Hope of Liberty’ highlights how the black community in the years before and after the American War for Independence evolved overtime in a bid to progress and fight for freedom. The interesting arguments made here include how the … Continue reading
Slavery Days
. The content between the readings and the website are similar in topic. Both cover slavery and anything related to slavery. Readings and the website both cover for example, the abolishment of slavery and the events and life styles because … Continue reading
Slavery
The website mostly discusses slavery and its aspects. Such as challenges they faced in everyday life and how to obtain their freedom. If slaves were set free they still had to pay an annual tax and it was difficult for … Continue reading
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves (Abraham Lincoln)
Both the reading and the website are presenting the same subject which is slavery. They are explaining the slaves’ life, how they were treated, what they had to do to obtain their freedom and the challenges they had to face … Continue reading
NYC: The city of open-minded, slave-owning people
Shane White’s Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City and Homberger’s Historical Atlas of New York City: African Americans in New York seem to understate the reality of the brutal suffering African Americans endured during the … Continue reading
“Stick & Stones May Break Our Bones, But We Will Get Our Freedom”… and They Did!!!
Stated in the readings and the website, were information pertaining to slavery, covering who the slaves were, how they were treated and their reaction to their treatment. Homberger shares with us the ones who were brought into the City of … Continue reading
Give me Liberty, or I will Revolt!
The website starts off with mentioning the topic was on the abolishment of slavery in New York between 1600s -1827. I felt this was a misrepresentation of what was covered in our readings. While it is true that in the … Continue reading
The Chains that Bind
The website, “Slavery in New York,” provides visual caption of the slavery in New York during the early years. The written content of the website is rather neutral on its views regarding slavery; it does have implications of the immorality and … Continue reading