In the article, Slavery Without Submission, Zinn explains why the United States supported slavery.\u00a0 Zinn explains why they supported it and the reason was the profit they made off of it. The cotton industry grew because of slaves and millions of slaves were producing cotton. In the article, Zinn says, “By 1860, it was a million tons. In the same period, 500,000 slaves grew to 4 million.” I found this crazy because it just kept growing and growing and they were making money off their labor.<\/p>\n
On page 172 in the article, John Little who was a slave explained how people say slaves are happy because they would laugh and smile. They put on a face to keep out of trouble. Even though they are experiencing very harsh conditions they put on a smile to help others and themselves. He says, “We did it to keep down trouble, and to keep our hearts from being completely broken: that is as true as the gospel!” This really struck me because it really is heartbreaking what they had to go through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the article, Slavery Without Submission, Zinn explains why the United States supported slavery.\u00a0 Zinn explains why they supported it and the reason was the…<\/p>\n