Unit Reflections Blog Two
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...