Slavery is Never Okay

In honors history 10 class we learned about the morality of slavery. Morality means what you think is right and wrong. We learned about three people and their thoughts about slavery. These three people are George Fitzhugh, Frederick Douglas and Gerald Danzer. In class we read documents about these people, looked at maps,Watched a video about the cotton gin, and learned about Futa Jallon, Africa v, Natchez and Mississippi we also watched the video prince among slaves.


To be "entrenched" means being difficult or unlikely to change. Slavery became economically entrenched in American society by the early 19th century because the cotton industry was just starting. Cotton was economically profitable to grow and was a big part of the populations revenue. The cotton demand and the price will never go down because people will always need cotton. Back then slaves where the cheapest option of labor during this booming economical time. Human dignity teaches everyone that we all have value, are worthy of great respect and must be free from slavery these things can not be taken away from us. The system of slavery based on race affect human dignity because slave owners did not treat slaves like real people. Slaves human dignity was not considered at all. George Fitzhugh liked slavery and thought it e
was good. Fredrick Douglas and Gerald Danzer both wanted slavery to come to an end. One human characteristic that the system tends to ignore is the slaves feelings and personalities. George Fitzhugh said "The negro slaves of the south are the happiest ,and, in some sense , the freest people in the world." ... " they enjoy liberty, because they are oppressed neither by care nor labor." The slave owners didn't treat slaves as real people therefore they did not think they had any emotions. If George knew how they actually felt he would know that slaves aren't happy and aren't free at all. 

(Video about cotton Gin)
People may have different opinions on things but slavery will always be wrong. Just like anything else you start it is hard to stop and that's what happened to slavery. Slavery is and never will be okay.

Learning about the Cotton Gin. Smithsonian Museum, 2009. Film.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMZg2kLLs-Q&feature=youtu.be

Times Have Changed

During the 19th century women were treated differently. Women were the people that did everything around the house and had less rights as men. Women had to follow lots of laws which made it hard for them to be their own person. They were treated as if nobody cared about them. Their husbands could beat them if they didn't think she was doing a good enough job around the house.

During the mid-19th century society reacted to women's demands for equality by writing a declaration. The decalaration states That all men and women are equal and should be treated the same. Although some people were all for equality others were not. The "Onieda Whig" talks about how if women had the same rights as men and were treated the same "who would cook the dinner?" This is a negative thought some thought about when the declaration was announced. 

This still is going on today although you may not notice it as easily. In class we watched a commercial for Pantene and it showed the differences between a man and a women today. One example that they used that I found to be 100% true today is in politics or when someone is giving a speech a men tends to come off persuasive and women tend to come off pushy. Another example from the commercial that I found to be very true was when the dad was up late working and they labeled him as dedicated but when they showed the mom doing the same thing she was considered selfish. I think people still view women and men as different because by tradition. From a long time ago women were always the ones to stay him with the kids and take care of them while the man went to work. Times have changed and the 21st century should not still be thinking this. 

                                      (This is the Pantene video on labeling men and women) 

storya, Pinoy. Pantene commercial. December 12th, 2013 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-K2kfgW7708&feature=youtu.be.  Accessed February 2nd, 2015