{"id":1514,"date":"2019-11-02T23:57:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T03:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2019-11-02T23:57:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T03:57:55","slug":"slavery-without-submission-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/11\/02\/slavery-without-submission-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Slavery Without Submission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slavery Without Submission\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Susan Nevin\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To begin, I read author Howard Zinn\u2019s article, \u201cSlavery Without Submission.\u201d This article regarding the United States and why they chose to support slavery was truly shocking, and explained things about slavery I had never known. For example, this article explained that the reason that the United States government decided to back slavery was because of the profit they got from it. Because of slavery, the cotton production boomed, and by 1860, millions of slaves were producing millions of tons of cotton. Personally, when reading this, I just don\u2019t see how they justified production as a means to use a humans\u2019 life. Yes, while this provided more jobs for white people in the poor class, it took away any opportunities that blacks and people of color had to make a life for themselves. It was very upsetting to read that they used job opportunities and money as a means to justify something this horrid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

`<\/span> In addition, I read another reading from Howard Zinn, but this one discussed the black revolt of the 1950s. This piece explained that while this revolt came as a surprise to many people, it really shouldn\u2019t have been. Zinn explained that, \u201cit (slavery) was not just a memory but a living presence–part of the daily lives of blacks in generation after generation.\u201d I am truly surprised that no one thought that this would be a possibility, and that years of oppression would would lead to people wanting to take a stand. However, if they hadn\u2019t we would not have experienced the Civil Rights Movement, and come to make the progress we can see today.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Slavery Without Submission\u00a0 Susan Nevin\u00a0 To begin, I read author Howard Zinn\u2019s article, \u201cSlavery Without Submission.\u201d This article regarding the United States and why they…<\/p>\n

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