Destiny DeSilva
Both Hannah Jones and Sean Wilentz articles set two different point about slavery in America. The article by Wilentz gives me an idea on what happened specifically during the years of 1700s, and 1800s of slavery. In his article he states that “the byproduct, as some accounts say, of impersonal, amoral economics forces, or the unintended outcome of white people’s selfish squabbles over policy and profits, or even as an accident.” Throughout the years white people had been nothing but selfless and heartless people to the minorities which made policies, profits or even laws worse for them. “By the mid-1700s, in the American colonies as well as in Britain and France, a significant number of reformers and intellectuals had come to regard American slavery as pure evil.” Abraham Lincoln was a person who did not want slavery to end. “Abraham’s Lincoln rendered as a white supermacist who, whatever in qualms about human bondage, supposedly had no interest in ending slavery”. Unlike Lincoln not wanting slavery to end, Thomas Jefferson was against slavery and he believed that all slaves were equal, however he did not take any actions to make a change and help the slaves. Point of views like these made America’s role, Life, Liberty, and Property, harder for the slaves and other people themselves.
In other words, Hannah Jones The 1619 Project is more of gaining independence. She describes how her father joined the Army so he can be treated equally. Turns out, he was treated the same way like everyone else and he served the country. She did not understand the point I’d represent American when America could not treat minorities equally. Both articles set different points of view on slavery. Slavery impacted America very different because how people were treated back then. Up to today’s society people are still treated unequally and being mistreated because of the color of their skin or their race. Thankfully it’s not as bad as the 1700 and 1800s. Slavery took a big role in everyone’s life in my opinion and everybody had their own viewpoint on slavery
