Dominant Themes in History

Blake Morris
12-06-16
Dominant Themes in History

In my opinion one of the most dominant themes in history was slavery. Slavery is something that made our would what it is today. Slavey ranged all over the world and was no small matter. Slavery was hard fought. It was was fought for and against. Slavery was purely the mistreatment of human beings with different skin color. Slavery was a loaned after any years of slavery and fighting slavery is a huge part of our history because as a nation we let slavery go on for a very long time. Slavery as a whole was even a huge part of life. Especially in the south. People with no or not many slaves were considered poor or powerless. So with slaves being treated as material, they were also means for being popular or 'strong'. Save owners with bigger plantations had anywhere from 900 to 1000 slaves. Owners with smaller plantations had anywhere from 5 to 25 slaves. Slavery, as you may know, really affected the African American people. Even African Americans were freed by law they didn't know what to do. Here they were in a new land with no direction. With slavery being around for so long, often it went through generations. Which means after former slaves were freed they were clueless due to not ever knowing anything different than slavery. This was even seen during slavery when slaves would escape and come back due to being poor and not knowing what to do. Sosa you can see slavery has been around for a long time. In my opinion it set the tone for what America turned out to be today. America has changed in many ways for the better.