Slavery A Wound In History How can slavery be described? Maybe, not by many or not at all by those who have experienced it. Frederick Douglas offers one of the biggest insights into how slave life was. Slavery in America goes back to the start of the African Slave Trade (Class Notes). When the first ship came ashore Africans were amazed and had no idea or understanding of what was going to happen to them. …showed first 75 words of 453 total…

…showed last 75 words of 453 total…in slavery. Sometimes relationships between master and slave evolved like Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Usually women would work in the house, which led to sexual abuse by the owner and relationships. Gradual Abolition and Process of Emancipation led some blacks to freedom. The Underground Railroad helped thousands of blacks to escape from slavery. Free Blacks did try to take a stand, like Demark Vesey. The plan was to burn Charleston down and take over