A Reflection on the time on the cross (book report)

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The history of black slavery in the American soil which started in the 16th century and ending in the 19th century was a sight that no one in this present time would attempt to look back without a feeling of guilt and sympathy. The issue of slavery would be dragged in the present time where our civil .....

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.....human rights violation consisting of deprivation of economic and political rights. This situation is not ordinary economic issue that can be quantified or measured by economic parameters.

The quality of life for slaves was not only oppressive but degrading and dehumanizing. If it is unimaginable to think when the present household helpers are not treated well by their employers, then it is with more reason to object to the idea of slavery. Slaves were unpaid after they have labored and survived the scorching heat of the sun or blisters in the stormy winter. They would suffer from their masters’ harshness and cruelty that include physical and verbal abuse.
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Walters, R. (2000) Reparations for Slavery? Let’s resolve the inequity. World and I. Vol. 15.

David, P., et al. (1976). Reckoning With Slavery: Critical Essays in the Quantitative History of American Negro Slavery. New York: Oxford University Press.

Lane, S. Thunder`s Call for a Conjure Response to American Negro Slavery. African American Review. Vol. 37.

Davis, T. & Gates, L. (1985). The Slave`s Narrative. Oxford University Press.

Fogel, R. & Engerman, S. (1974). Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.


Dodson, H. 2003. How Slavery Helped Build a World Economy. National Geographic News. Retrieved on February 20, 2007 from <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0131_030203_jubilee2.html>