1800's Treatment Of American Women In The 1800s

Radical abolitionists were motivated to advocate the end of slavery partly due to the Second Great Awakening, an evangelic religious renewal movement that took place in America during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Second Great Awakening was known for its increase in spiritual revivals controlled by the evangelical church, which caused a widespread sense of conviction on the behalf of several people. Harriet Beecher Stowe “lived through, participated in, and was affected by this religious ferment” (Greer). This helps to explain why one of the reasons to why she believed slaves should be freed was because of the idea that slaveholding defied religious grounds. Another concern was the unjust treatment of slaves by some of their masters.

Typically, female slaves had roles in caregiving and raising the children of the plantation owners, this motherly relationship gave women the opportunity to conquer the divide between black and white. While there are cases of this happening, since black women were viewed as property, not as human, this relationship could be disregarded (West, 58) (Jacobs, 1). Often slave masters raised children that were the same age as their slaves, (these children often were half siblings as a result of the masters rape of female slaves) this means that the women grew up together and were given the opportunity to form strong relationships, however with their growth the two women would face very different fates. Slave masters “granted them (young slaves)

Devin Plascencia HST 2201 Enslavement may have functioned as the single-greatest contributing factor to the economic prosperity of the United States. Even so, enslaved Americans’ experiences were far from singular. Not only did enslaved experiences differ based on the demands of each cash crop – namely tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton – but also based on the size of slaveholding residencies, urban or rural conditions, and the temperaments of individual enslavers. Historical eras also informed differing slave experiences. Making use of evidence from historians Peter Kolchin and Chandra Manning, I argue that the experiences of enslaved Americans differed between the antebellum period and the Civil War.

Slavery was originally legal in all states but after the Revolutionary War, the North and West abolished it and African Americans had some rights. The idea of slavery went against the ideas of equality and individual rights that inspired the colonists to revolt against the British Empire. Abolitionists and other supporters of the anti-slavery movement educated the public through personal tales from slaves, articles and books such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This movement however caused a divide between the states and eventually assisted in the outbreak of the Civil War.

Today’s society can not comprehend what it would be like not having basic rights, but for slaves back in the 1800s their basic rights did not exist. Imagine being a slave. They work in the fields or in the homes if they are lucky, for six days a week under the hot blazing sun. Out of all the work that they do they don’t receive a single penny. Slaves were also treated like animals, with horrible living conditions.

One of the most significant ways in which free slaves were not truly free was their lack of voting rights and jury rights. Even after the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, which granted African American men the right to vote, many former slaves were still unable to exercise this right. Document A gives a vivid example of the places free black men could vote, in a graph it shows how Massachusetts was the only state that could tolerate the blacks and gave them rights. They could vote and have jury duty. If they were only allowed to do both in this state this shows the feelings people had against them and the restrictions

In the 1800s-1850s numerous groups and individuals had to fight for equality under the oppression of the government and their fellow Americans. The brutality of slavery began to spread throughout these years and the escape of slaves from the south to the north that brought along their stories showcased the brutality of slavery. This made the northerners start to oppose slavery harder and abolitionists began to speak out. Women were another group affected by the oppression of the government and the system. Seen as lower than men, women had many restrictions on what they could do in life.

Before there were laws protecting women and children they suffered a lot of unfair treatment. In 1832 Alexis De Tocqueville expressed how she felt about the democratic family in the United States. She described the American family as “haven of cooperation”. Her reasoning for this was, “because women in the United States did not look upon “conjugal authority” as a “usurpation of their rights, but attracted a sort of pride to the voluntary surrender of their own will,” Stanton’s generation of women reformers began to articulate the personal and professional sacrifices married women had to make for their subordination as wives.” In 1825 William Thompson families and citizens were aware of “white slave code”.

The Importance of Mistreatment Regardless of Gender and Age “Did our Creator make us to be slaves to dust and ashes like ourselves?” (Walker 19). Regarding the Atlantic Slave Trade, there were numerous amounts of women and men traded across the United States. Regardless of the age of the individual, mistreatment was prevalent in various aspects, shown to the public eye as the inequity of African people. The abuse of enslaved people is crucial when learning about American history and the reasoning behind the dramatic decrease in African-American culture and people.

But most black women did as much work as black men, and “endured the brutal punishment meted out by slaveholders and their overseers,” they were also required to fulfill their jobs as mothers. As slaves, they struggled against the double discrimination having to take the maltreat given to all African-Americans as well as the one given to women in

Throughout history discrimination has had a negative impact on people and has cause certain groups of people to suffer. Discrimination can be against people of different race, religion, gender and sexuality and in the late 1800’s women were one of the groups that were discriminated. Women had to fight hard to obtain the rights they now have in the 21st century and many of the women who fought for equal rights didn’t get to experience those rights since laws in their favor weren’t passed until years and years of fighting. In the late 1800’s American women were discriminated because they were not granted the same rights as men in the workforce, women had to be obedient to their husbands in their marriage and society had certain norms that women

In addition, all women were denied the right to vote. “The cult of true womanhood ideology extended middle-class ideals far beyond the middle class and affected marriage, female education, and employment choices, as well as strategies for obtaining women’s rights…”(WOMEN). American women of the late 1800’s struggled with no rights in the government, considered inferior, and married women had no separate identity from her husband. One reason American women were treated poorly is because of their rights in the American government.

Women, like black slaves, still could not vote as well as legally be beaten by their overlord. The newly established market economy was the main cause for separating the sex into extremely distinct economic roles. Women were being view as physically and emotionally weaker compared to men but also considered

In the 1700-1800’s, the use of African American slaves for backbreaking, unpaid work was at its prime. Despite the terrible conditions that slaves were forced to deal with, slave owners managed to convince themselves and others that it was not the abhorrent work it was thought to be. However, in the mid-1800’s, Northern and southern Americans were becoming more aware of the trauma that slaves were facing in the South. Soon, an abolitionist group began in protest, but still people doubted and questioned it.

Introduction: During the 1800’s, Slavery was an immense problem in the United States. Slaves were people who were harshly forced to work against their will and were often deprived of their basic human rights. Forced marriages, child soldiers, and servants were all considered part of enslaved workers. As a consequence to the abolition people found guilty were severely punished by the law.