slavery_legacy

  Student Questions -     What is the impact of slavery in our world today?  Does slavery still exist today?  Is there still slavery in other parts of the world even though slavery is outlawed?  How has slavery impacted our modern culture today?   How is slavery depicted in music, movies, art, poetry? <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(1, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> How would America be different today if we had never had slavery? <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(1, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Is there an opinion that African Americans are se   <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"><span style="color: rgb(254, 22, 62)"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(1, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> t back from Americans because they were working in the fields instead of learning? Could there be just as many African Millionaires as American Millionaires if African Americans could have had the training like the Americans? <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(1, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Although it probably wasn’t a lot or enough, was there a way that Americans said sorry or made up for what they did to slaves? <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(1, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Should the ancestors of former slaves get reparations? <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(1, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Should families, companies, groups, and the government apologize for slavery? media type="youtube" key="LZg3lbbjgWk" height="344" width="425" Congressmen speaks in favor of the house apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation against African Americans. The resolution passed the House on July 29, 2008, marking the first time in U.S. history that the federal government had ever apologized for slavery. http://www.vdare.com/taylor/070508_slavery.htm <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> -This is an article about slave apologies and how multiple state legislatures in the South are starting to apologize for enslavement. This article is written in a very different point of view saying whites should have to do nothing else to apologize for slavery and that blacks that are asking for money or anything more are abusing racial power to make whites feel guilty and sad about something they have no control over. This is one very extreme point of view but it shows how some people in the South feel about offering reconciliation for slaves.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> Student information, resources, and reflection starts here

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> The definition of modern slavery is forced labor without pay under the threat or use of violence.
<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> Unfortunately Slavery exists on ever continent except Antarctica. Modern slavery is harder to detect because it has taken many more forms then just physical labor working on plantations. [|10 Shocking Facts About Slavery Today] <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> A Blog Post on the 200th Anniversary of The Abolition of the Slave Trade that proposes interesting facts about slavery today and the different forms it has transformed into.

[|Firefighters Union Cheif Resigns] <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> An article by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about a local firefighter union cheif who was forced to resign for using the N-word in a comment about Barack Obama. This shows the effect of slavery and the terms that have been caried over from that time.

http://www.iabolish.org/slavery_today/primer/index.html <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)">

[|This is a link for pictures about segregation after the civil war and today.] <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> There are pictures of what African Americans went through after the civil war, in the 1900's, and even up to 2007.

Question: What is the impact of slavery in our world today? <span style="color: rgb(254, 22, 62)"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> [|Opinions on the impact of slavery] This is an example of someones opinions on the importance of the study of slavery and how it effects our world today. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> Question: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 13, 53)"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(1, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><span style="display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: left; color: rgb(227, 13, 64)">Although it probably wasn ’t a lot or enough, was there a way that Americans said sorry or made up for what they did to slaves? Anwser: There is a quote by Sojouner Truth "<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">There is a debt to the Negro people which America can never repay. At least then,they must make amends." She is completely right. For the pain and suffering that we threw upon the African Americans can almost never be forgiven. Some of the states have apologized for the slavery, and the Congress House of Representatives has apologized for slavery, and the Senate apologized for lynching after the war.

[|This is a site about the U.S. apologies toward African Americans] [|Another Site about Apologies] Two websites about the United States House of Representatives making a public apology to black Americans on slavery however reperations were not mentioned in the apology.

[|portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21671&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html] http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21671&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html - A link to a website with information on how slavery still exists in modern times, and provides several links to other websites. Not too much information but there are links to many other websites and also information on other slavery topics.

Is there still slavery in other parts of the world event though slavery is outlawed? http://www.iabolish.org/slavery_today/country_reports/us.html This is a link to a website that has an example of someone who was a slave in America even when it was outlawed. <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(1, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="color: rgb(251, 14, 53)"> <span style="color: rgb(234, 6, 59)">This is a form of modern slavery- factories with long hours, little pay, and often unsafe working conditions. This factory is located in Mexico and produces garments for companies like Nike. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Link to article <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">A form of modern day slavery- factories with long hours and little pay. This factory is located in Mexico and produces garments for companies like Nike. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(234, 6, 59)">a slave in America even when it was outlawed <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(234, 6, 59)">has a example of someone who <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">http://www.iabolish.org/slavery_today/country_reports/us.htmlz <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">This is a <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 55)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">link to a <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">website <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">with information on modern slavery in Africa and India.

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/29/house.slavery/index.html - <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">- The House of Representatives have apologi <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">zed to African Americans for slavery and Jim Crow laws <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">, laws <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">that <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">prohibited African-Americans from voting. These laws existed in the South mainly. The article came out July 29, 2008. They passed a resolution that acknowledged the cruelty, brutality, inhumanity, and injustice of slavery. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">"“African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow — long after both systems were formally abolished — through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity and liberty, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity,” the resolution states." <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Because of slavery, African Americans haven't had as many chances for education. People are still prejudiced against them. The House states that if there <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">was <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">no slavery, African Americans could have had the same training as whites. This is the first time that a part of the federal government has apologized for slavery, so when this occurred it really made a statement.

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39992000/gif/_39992552_world_slavery3_map416.gif <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> -- This is an image showing where slavery still exists in the world today.

[|Link To Article]- An article from Minnesota Public Radio. Information on the origins and usage of the N word- a hateful term coined almost 200 years ago is still unfortunately alive and well today.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.yale.edu/glc/events/cbss/Bales.pdf- “Testing the Theory of Modern Slavery” by Kevin Bales. This Source contains information about the real definition of contemporary slavery and factors that are making it increase, making it a great resource.

Slavery has different definitions around the world making it very hard to identify relationships that would be termed “bondage” in one part of India would be explained as “Slavery” not very away. Today there are an estimated 27 million slaves worldwide the most that there has ever been but it is one of the smallest proportions of the entire population in history.

<span style="color: rgb(230, 10, 65)">[|slavery exists today]- " <span style="color: rgb(230, 10, 65)">Although there is no longer any state which recognizes, or which will enforce, a claim by a person to a right of property over another, the abolition of slavery does not mean that it ceased to exist. There are millions of people throughout the world — mainly children — in conditions of slavery, as well as in various forms of servitude which are in many respects similar to slavery." Many people don't realize that slavery still goes on in even the unexpected places.

[|slavery in our minds today]- Students in Montgomery, AL were required to write a diary from the view of the plantation owner. Even after the time where slavery was such a big deal in our country, slavery today is still at the top of our minds today and therefore it still is affecting many people.

[|video about slavery in 2008]

<span style="color: rgb(193, 13, 201)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 10, 122)"><span style="color: rgb(254, 22, 62)"><span style="color: rgb(1, 0, 0)"> Should the ancestors of former slaves get reparations?

http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/racism/010827.reparations.html

The government's first plan for reparation was proposed by General William Sherman and they were going to give African Americans 40 acres and a mule to compensate for slavery. That plan was rejected and the land was taken back. The government made no other plans for reparation. Now, descendants of former slaves are saying that they should get reparations from the government. The movement has been gaining power and the topic is being brought up again and again. Lawsuits are being filed. People opposing this idea are saying that white Americans today aren't responsible for slavery. Therefore, their tax money shouldn't be used to compensate for slavery. <span style="color: rgb(230, 10, 65)"> A Video that Slavery actually exists in America [| http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=slavery+in+america&hl=en&emb=0&aq=0&oq=Slavery#q] This video tells us that slavery is actually happening in America. If you go to 18:40 you will see what slave owners did to innocent kids who are just 15-18 years old. They were brutally beaten with scars all over their back. If they run away they are beaten with a belt very hard and some were killed! Here is a picture of kids working in cocoa fields: [| http://www.amnestyusa.org/filmfest/seattle/2002/i/slavery.jpg]. This is part of the video where young kids are working in the fields.

A Song that the Slaves sang: Cotton Eyed-Joe ** [| http://www.cocojams.com/african_american_secular_slave_s.htm**] Here is a song on Youtube: [| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VXZZPuYWCY]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> [| http://www.negrospirituals.com/] : This website tells us that many slaves sang songs to pass time while working in the fields. Their songs have inspired Americans. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> The tunes and the beats of negro spirituals and Gospel songs are highly influenced by the music of their actual cultural environment. It means that their styles are continuously changing.

[| http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/9421/slavery_reparations_money_to_descendants.html] This piece asks people should descendants of slavery get money for all their troubles as slaves. This issue has been brought up mainly because of the reparations which were paid to the Jewish people after World War II, rights given to the Native Americans and the payments which were recently made to the Japanese-Americans for their wrongful imprisonment. If we give Japanese people money than why not African Americans? Shouldn't they get money for all the work they did for America?

http://www.sim.org/index.php/content/slavery-here-and-now This website is a real person who saw slaves in other countries being tortured and beaten. It is sad to see other people get hurt and be enslaved to people. What world is this where people are used as slaves.

http://www.globalaware.org/Artlicles_eng/slave_art_eng.htm These websites are where person people who saw slaves in other countries being tortured and beaten. It is sad to see other people get hurt and be enslaved to people. What world is this where people are used as slaves?

Here is a video on Slavery reparations: media type="youtube" key="VCX2TxvNY3Q" height="344" width="425" Here is a video about Amazing Grace: media type="youtube" key="iT88jBAoVIM" height="344" width="425"