1、-_The resistance of slavery1 introduction1.1 Background of the studySlavery of the United States set up in the 17th century, for the reason that British colonists settled in the North American. Not until the 1960s the slavery was abolished by the only war in the history of the United States- civil w
2、ar. Fortunately, the war was end up with the peace negotiation and set up Emancipation Proclamation.The slavery of the United States sustained more than two hundreds years and this institution is filled with the savagery, cruelty and profit as a whole. Its totally dark process for the people particu
3、lar the Negro, the negative impacts embodiment the absence of the human rights linked to African American slavery. In order to plunder for more nature resource, lacking of the labor force was extremely tough problem, in this seriousness situation, hire the slave was a informed decision. However they
4、 didnt treat me as a human, even if pass a law force on the tenure of African-American slave was lifelong work. This thesis will quote the famous novel Uncle Toms Cabin as the point of penetration to further analysis the slavery of the United States and the resistance of the harsh institution in lat
5、e period.1.2 The purpose of significances and studyUncle Toms cabin, comprehensive reflects the living condition of African-American slaves in the southern plantation of the United States. This novel is not only speak highly of the literary value but also due to the promotion of the resistance of th
6、e slavery its also has intense social realistic meaning and cultural connotation. Taking this novel as a opportunities, to understand the slavery and the process of the history in more profound way.1.3 The layout of the study.The thesis is based on the novel which named is Uncle Toms cabin to object
7、ive reveal many significant aspects such as the characteristics of African American slavery fate, the culture of the black American slaves in the southern states and the historical process of resistance and the affect of the society of the United States after abolish the slavery as well.2. a brief i
8、ntroduction of the author and novel2.1 The introduction of the novelIt is a book written in 1852 , Uncle Toms Cabin has been considered as the most influential anti-slavery novel in that period and described by Stowe herself as a “series of sketches“ describing thehuman cruelty of slavery, opens wit
9、h a description of Arthur Shelbys Kentucky plantation during the antebellum period. There are several impressive characters in this novel, George who is clever and brave；Harry, a beautiful and talented child who sings dances and mimes；Mrs. Shelby, a very religious woman；Sambo and Qimbo and so on. Th
10、e major character Uncle Tom who was the most impressive in this novel was a devout Christian. He endured the miserable fate bravely and aroused the whites sympathy for slaves with his Christs sacrifice and the tolerance of returning good for evil. This novel focuses on the distinctive personalities
11、of Uncle Tom deeply influenced by Christianity and the important role Uncle Toms Cabin playing on abolition; and the -_Significance of “Uncle Tom” to the harmonious worlds development, and the effect on modern people.In the middle of the 19th, the Shelbys private farm which was located in the south
12、of the United States had a slave which the character was extremely loyal devotion and hard working. Everyone in this private farm called him Uncle Tom. Unfortunately, because of the owner went into the bankrupt in the field of the market for stocks, the host of the farm had no option but make a sale
13、 of the ten slavers including Uncle Tom to slave dealer for the sake of foreclosures. All the slaves carried back to the south with ships, on the ship Uncle Tom saved a girl who fell into the river and the girl was really fond of the Toms singing. As a result, the little girl wonder her father bough
14、t Tom in intensity request. This was a gold given period in the Toms lifetime. However, a good life didnt last long，many slaver holders strongly condemned liberate the slaves in the case of the girls father had a opposite opinion. Thereupon, many slaver holders exposed the girls father to mortal dan
15、ger. There was no denying the truth that the girls father was murder in the end. From this moment on, Uncle Toms life became really tough. One day in order to saved a girl who didnt surrender by landlord; Uncle Tom had a car accident and got serious hurt. When he was dying in his house, he realized
16、the truth that only persists fighting there is a possibility of freedom. He appealed to slavers leaving the hell place as soon as possible, and with the help of the white people the slavers rose up to fight with the slaver holder, in this time, Uncle Tom was a great consolation to his compatriots an
17、d support by many whites. Even though Uncle Tom died in the end, he must be leave without any regret but endless appreciates. 2.2 The Introduction of Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Toms cabin. She was born in the famous priest family in June 14th 1811 and passed away
18、 in 1896. Civil war, in a other words, Emancipation war was launched in 1860s , nevertheless in the beginning of the 1820s abolishment of the slavery had gradually became the main centre issue in the field of the development public opinion in the United States. At that time, there were a large numbe
19、r of social elites and writers stand by the side of the abolish slavery, appealed to liberate the slavers also should give foundational respect and guaranteed human right. Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of the most outstanding fighters in these writers.As someone said, with more people realizing the
20、inhumanity of slavery in the 19th century, slavery became one of the most important issues and it became more violent year by year in American society. However, slavery was not abolished irrevocably until ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865, following the Civil War. After
21、the passage of Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel Uncle Toms Cabin which publicized the evil of slavery to a wide audience.Now we are in the 21st century, we may never come across such kind of thing. However, thisbook can always remind of us that there ever has existe
22、d this evil and we can not let it happen again. And equality and human right can be not just suit for the slogan; we should make it come true really and always. 3. The development and characteristics of African-American slavery3.1 The origin of the slavery in the United StatesWhen Columbus discovere
23、d the new continent, there was only approximately more than one million people on this ground, so when the great landlords and capitalists which was come from -_North American were eager to obtain the local nature resource and exchange it to the profits in the limited period, the substance of human
24、resource was one of the most prominently and obviously problems, in this seriousness situation, so many measures should be taken to solved it, so settle up the colonial system not only figured out the issue of the labor force but also can make profit from the labor by slavers more easily. On the oth
25、er face, according to the Christian religion in that period dark history, slavery institution was rational without any doubt. In these particular cases, in the landlords and capitalists in North America took native North American Indian as the original slavers in the first place. At this point, the
26、slavery was established.3.2 The development and characteristics of African-American slaveryAt first, in order to gave the most effective solution linked to the lack of human resource, capitalists set up slavery on a large scale of the United States and this institution had strong compulsive, apart f
27、rom the African American slaver, even if the group of the white people themselves was not immune, on this occasion, created new system called white indentured servitude, this indentured servitude had service duration. In most situations, the terms of serve were about five to seven years, after that
28、they would achieve the freedom once again; the slave holders also had responsibility and obligation to give them some expenses and life necessities in return. It goes beyond any dispute that this kind of slavery was posed threat to most of the landlords, therefore, they changed their strategies, the
29、y were assent and consent the new law which was expressly agreed terms the change on social position of the black people into slave tenure. The advantage of this issue is that they could treat separately by complexion for ease of further deepening the discrimination to Negro. Besides, it was also ce
30、ment the dominant position of the capitalist.Along with the developing of the slavery, most of the slavers were unable to escape the net of the painful punishment. In addition to this, literally buy and sell slavers was really normal phenomenon. For this reason, many African American families were b
31、roken up. However, in the world of the African American, interpersonal relationship was concentrated reflect by family even though this was illegal at that time. This kind of relationship was destroy by the rule of the slave trade at any moment but the marriage attitude of them were serious, even if
32、 the couple was broke up for many years, they would also maintain this stable relationship as well. This firm marital relationship played a positive and significant role for the later resistance.By reading and discuss the novel Uncle Toms cabin. It can greatly reflect that a large scale number of Af
33、rican Americans fate could be separate by two forms. One of them were so fortunate that came across the kind owner, for instance, the girl who saved by Uncle Tom, her father is typical landlord with the character of kindness and heartwarming. The other form of the slavers are not so lucky, if the la
34、ndlord is violence man, they will punished and killed at any way in any way. In the end of the story, we also can safety draw the conclusion that the brutal slavery contributes directly to the painful death of Uncle Tom. 4. The impact of resistance of slavery in the United States4.1 The civil warThe
35、 American Civil War (18611865), also known as the War Between the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (the -_Confederacy). Led by Jef
36、ferson Davis, they fought against the United States (the Union), which was supported by all the free states and the five border slave states. Union states were loosely referred to as “the North“.In the presidential election of 1860, the Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had campaigned agains
37、t the expansion of slavery beyond the states in which it already existed. The Republican victory in that election resulted in seven Southern states declaring their secession from the Union even before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861. Both the outgoing and incoming US administrations rejected th
38、e legality of secession, considering it rebellion. Without any doubt, the reason of the war was that the slavery of the United States was the source of the racial discrimination. Fortunately, the abolishment of the slavery offered the enough labor force and created the new marketing for the developm
39、ent of the capitalism in the United States. However, the racial discrimination was not end up with the abolishment of the slavery; in spite of the great progress has making, its also evolved as a very tough and complicated social problem in the modern society.The civil war is the turning point in th
40、e history of the African American; this war was last about four months. In this period, everyone in the war were withstanding strong pain regardless of you were African American slavers or not. In this war, the soldiers who were come from both sides looted everywhere, confiscation of property and fo
41、od; furthermore they committed outrages on innocent citizens. The African Americans also took part in this war, in this meaningful process, between the white and black people, demonstrated different and unusual relationship, in some situation; they supported each other, Some slave has been loyal to
42、his owner for long years, during the war the landlords took protection measures to the family and slavers as a whole; Corresponding, the behavior of the Africa American slaves were actually very contradictory, the same slaver, he ought to saved the owner who get injured back the battlefield, hidden
43、in a safe place and fled toward the opposite way. At the same time, the longing for the freedom was also very strong, so that after the war even some slaver owners was willing to spend money to hired the them again, they also didnt want to stay .4.2 job opportunityThe black population is about 20 mi
44、llion. Their ancestors were brought to America as slaves in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Nearly all their descendants were kept in legal slavery in the South until 1865. The southern states were defeated in the Civil War and were forced to abolish slavery and set the slaves free. For lo
45、ng terms of slavery to African American were not only reflected in the damage of the body, but also on the spirit. Even thought they finally achieved the freedom, another difficult life position was also a tough work, many of them sent him into exile in order to found the relative who lost for a lon
46、g time, in another part of the slavers, in search of the new place to begin with the brand new day. The southerners were determined to keep the Negroes from becoming equal in anything but constitutional law. Therefore, there were no different between the periods of the slavery for a huge number of t
47、he African Americans on the point of the job choice. One of them also relied on the government aids.In the slavery, many slavers fall into the terrible habits, such as carelessness, lack of the foresight and depend on the white people, these seriousness habits also result in the obstruction of the b
48、lack civilization over a long time. But as the time goes on, in the market of human resource, -_the balance between the black and white prompted the development the country, the black people also could get the proper salary to improve the quality of the daily life. Even racial discrimination is stil
49、l a problem to be solved. in fact, this were only reflect on the employment aspect that a variety of the high income position usually refuse to give offer to the black people, rather than unequal pay for equal. So, comprehensive all the factors, the gap of the income could be ignored.4.3cultureAlmost all the slaves were illiterate under the tormented by the slavery. Although there were so many formidable obstacles, blacks in the United States still have a long and outstanding history. In the late 18th century, all kinds of philanthropists and created from th
