n the entire history of America, the struggle between black and white Americans is by far the most complex and long-standing issue. Beginning with the first contact between white Europeans and Africans during the English colonial period, Africans were immediately labeled with terms including savages and pagans. During the antebellum period, the institution of chattel slavery in America some ideas about what the black man's role in society became widely known and accepted. Stereotypes such as the Sambo, the Zip Coon, the Buck and the Mammy became very common especially after the abolition of slavery. Although gross caricatures, these depictions and images have left lasting impressions whose effects can even be seen in contemporary culture today. Furthermore, these particular representations have deep roots that can be traced back to slavery and even more so to the first meeting between white Europeans and Africans. As time passed from the colonial period to the antebellum period, the institution of slavery became more violent and racialized until the Civil War. Early settlers in the Chesapeake area found tobacco to be a rather profitable crop with growing demand for its use in Europe. Tobacco was a labor-intensive crop, and growers tried various methods to fill their labor quotas. At first they attempted to enslave Native Americans who tended to run away if they survived the colonist's diseases. Another source of labor was white indentured servants from depressed Europe. Rising death rates and then an economic boom limited the number of poor whites willing to risk everything to come to the new world. The first African Americans arrived as indentured servants. White settler... middle of paper... made additional efforts to make slaves subservient, and new laws such as the Fugitives Lave Act of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Compromise played an important role in limiting slave rebellion. .However, as time went on industrialization began to affect the non-agricultural regions of the Americas. Thus, two distinct types of economies and the resulting friction between the two have emerged. Those who remained dependent on agriculture needed slavery as an economic factor; but those who were industrialized were not, so they had no reason not to oppose slavery as a moral issue. Although many Northerners claimed that slavery was wrong because it was a moral and religious issue, it was more of an economic issue. Industrialization and westward expansion give rise to the antislavery movement as slavery underwent dramatic changes from the colonial to antebellum periods.

Topic > n the entire history of America, the struggle between black and white Americans is by far the most complex and long-standing issue. Beginning with the first contact between white Europeans and Africans during the English colonial period, Africans were immediately labeled with terms including savages and pagans. During the antebellum period, the institution of chattel slavery in America some ideas about what the black man's role in society became widely known and accepted. Stereotypes such as the Sambo, the Zip Coon, the Buck and the Mammy became very common especially after the abolition of slavery. Although gross caricatures, these depictions and images have left lasting impressions whose effects can even be seen in contemporary culture today. Furthermore, these particular representations have deep roots that can be traced back to slavery and even more so to the first meeting between white Europeans and Africans. As time passed from the colonial period to the antebellum period, the institution of slavery became more violent and racialized until the Civil War. Early settlers in the Chesapeake area found tobacco to be a rather profitable crop with growing demand for its use in Europe. Tobacco was a labor-intensive crop, and growers tried various methods to fill their labor quotas. At first they attempted to enslave Native Americans who tended to run away if they survived the colonist's diseases. Another source of labor was white indentured servants from depressed Europe. Rising death rates and then an economic boom limited the number of poor whites willing to risk everything to come to the new world. The first African Americans arrived as indentured servants. White settler... middle of paper... made additional efforts to make slaves subservient, and new laws such as the Fugitives Lave Act of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Compromise played an important role in limiting slave rebellion. .However, as time went on industrialization began to affect the non-agricultural regions of the Americas. Thus, two distinct types of economies and the resulting friction between the two have emerged. Those who remained dependent on agriculture needed slavery as an economic factor; but those who were industrialized were not, so they had no reason not to oppose slavery as a moral issue. Although many Northerners claimed that slavery was wrong because it was a moral and religious issue, it was more of an economic issue. Industrialization and westward expansion give rise to the antislavery movement as slavery underwent dramatic changes from the colonial to antebellum periods.