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Unit Reflections Blog Three

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  In chapter 10, I learned about the cause of the Civil War. In which slavery was the main cause of the war. The reason for this is because Northern States wanted to weaken Southern States by promising slaves their freedom if they aid in the fight against rebelling states. In the beginning salves were not meant to be a helping factor in the Union army, this was meant to be a white man's war to end the South's rebelling in creating an independent nation to promote slavery. I found this part of the passage the most interesting in chapter 10 because, the North had no intentions of freeing slaves until it gave them an opportunity to win the war. In chapter 11, I learned about the of law more formally known as the black codes. These laws were meant to restrict African American newly acquired "freedom". The justification for the black codes is to keep the country a white man's country. This notion was so extreme that white Americans believed  unequal law enforcement was...
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Unit Reflections Blog Two

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  In chapter 5, I learned about the closing of the U.S. slave trade. Although, this stopped the importation of slaves from Africa to the U.S., it did not aid any of the slaves who were already in the U.S. at the time. This is why the end of the slave trade is considered a pro-slavery act, even though it ended the importation of slaves from Africa to the U.S. I found this fact the most interesting in chapter 5 because, this to me feels like America is taking its first steps to ending slavery. In chapter 6, I learned about the organization and conditions of slave labor. The way plantation owners organized their slaves was by their age, enslaved children who were listed as quarter hands, then when they reach the age of 12 they are listed as 1/2 hands, and finally when they reach the age of 13 or 14 they are listed as a full hand. The labor conditions that a full hand (either man or woman) was expected to pick up at least a 100 pounds of cotton a day. This was the most interesting fact...
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Unit Reflections Blog One

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In chapter 1, I learned three interesting facts about Africa that I never knew before. The first fact that I learned is that Mansa Musa was the greatest ruler of Mali and the richest man that ever lived. The second fact that I learned is that the ancient Egyptians could have been Africans. The final fact is that Ghana, Mali, and Songhay all had an economy based on trade. I found these facts the most interesting in chapter 1, because they open my eyes to understanding the different societies and kingdoms that the continent of Africa has had and still to this day. In chapter 2, I learned about the difference between how slavery was in Africa and how it was in America. In Africa slavery was basically what people called a waged slave. In continuation, slaves in Africa were treated as human beings and were taken care of and were even released when their debts, crimes, and or capture through war has been repaid. In America slaves were treated like expendable property, and when the item break...
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