What Is Plantation Life Unjust

Imagine this: you are a slave on a plantation in which you work days and nights. You are given food, if any, that even a raccoon would turn their nose to. You are treated like an object. Yet, someone in whom only has a different skin color from you, is controlling you and has the power to treat you however they please. Slavery began in 1619 in Jamestown, Virginia. The slaves were forced to tend to tobacco crops. Slavery spread vastly in the 17th and 18th centuries. African American slaves helped increase the economic stability of New England. As for the slaves, it was a terrifying and brutal experience. Almost all African-American slaves were mistreated. Life on a plantation was unjust because …show more content…
Slaves, by law, were owned by white plantation owners. This meant that the slave masters were permitted to do what they wanted with their slaves, even kill them. Slaves were not allowed to keep/carry gun, and if they were caught carrying guns, they received 39 lashes. The slaves were also prohibited from being educated. Anyone who is caught teaching a slave is fined. (The Independence Hall Association). This reveals that the plantation owners specifically wanted to keep their slaves uneducated to prevent any sense of hope or worth therefore they weren't given any rights. With that said, plantation life was unjust for slaves. All in all, Plantation life was unjust for slaves due to hard labor, slaves being treated as objects, and they were restricted from the freedom that a white man had. They were forced to work all day and sometimes all night. Slave owners had the power to split up families. Slaves didn't have simple rights such as gaining education. In conclusion, would you be able to tolerate the brutal abuse by slave owners and lack of freedom? It's difficult to think about how slaves were treated and controlled. These gruesome, inhuman acts were