1、The resistance of slavery 1 introduction 1.1 Background of the study Slavery 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
2、war. 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 parti
3、cular 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 th
4、ey 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 l
5、ate period. 1.2 The purpose of significances and study Uncle 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 o
6、f the 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
7、objective 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
8、brief introduction of the author and novel 2.1 The introduction of the novel It is a book written in 1852 , Uncle Toms Cabin has been considered as the most influential a nti- slavery novel in that period and described by Stowe herself as a “series of sketches“ describing the human cruelty of slaver
9、y, opens with 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 a
10、nd so on. The 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 pe
11、rsonalities 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
12、 the south 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
13、make a sale 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 f
14、ather bought 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
15、 mortal danger. 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, h
16、e realized 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 com
17、patriots and 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 Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Toms cabin. She was born in the famous priest family in June 14th 1811 and
18、 passed away 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
19、 large number 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 r
20、ealizing the 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 Civi
21、l War. After 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, this book can always remind of us that there
22、ever has existed 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 slavery 3.1 The origin of the slavery in the United States When C
23、olumbus discovered 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 subs
24、tance of human 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 eas
25、ily. On the other 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 t
26、his point, the slavery was established. 3.2 The development and characteristics of African-American slavery At 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 co
27、mpulsive, apart from 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 y
28、ears, after that 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 thei
29、r strategies, they 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. Beside
30、s, it was also cement 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 Americ
31、an families were broken 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 wer
32、e serious, even if 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
33、 scale number of African 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
34、so lucky, if the landlord 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 States
35、4.1 The civil war The 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 Confe
36、deracy). Led by Jefferson 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, h
37、ad cam paigned against the expansion of slavery beyond the states in which it already existed. The Republ ican victory in that election resulted in seven Southern states declaring their secession from the Un ion even before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861. Both the outgoing and incoming US admi
38、ni strations rejected the 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 ma
39、rketing for the development 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 i
40、s the turning point in the 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, confis
41、cation of property and food; 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
42、 slave has been loyal to 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
43、 the battlefield, hidden 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 opportunity The blac
44、k population is about 20 million. 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
45、set the slaves free. For long 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
46、relative who lost for a long 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 sla
47、very for a huge number of the 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
48、 in the obstruction of the black 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 rac
49、ial discrimination is still 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. 4.3culture Almost 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 philanthro
