The Antebellum Period In American History
2. What do you know about slavery in the antebellum United States, and how does it compare to slavery as discussed in "Oroonoko?" Use examples from the text to make your comparisons.
The Antebellum Period
The Antebellum Period in American history is generally considered to be the period before the civil war and after the War of 1812, although some historians expand it to all the years from the adoption of the Constitution in 1789 to the beginning of the Civil War.
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 12 Feb. 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Southern_United_States Slavery in the antebellum United States, larger part of every one of slave's names was changed by their slave master. The slave master allotted whatever name …show more content…
But if the King himself (God bless him) had come ashore, there could not have been greater expectation by all the whole plantation, and those neighboring ones, than was on ours at that time; and he was received more like a governor than a slave: notwithstanding, as the custom was, they assigned him his portion of land, his house, and his business up in the plantation. But as it was more for form than any design to put him to his task, he endured no more of the slave but the name, and remained some days in the house, receiving all visits that were made him, without stirring towards that part of the plantation where the negroes were.
"Oroonoko: Or, the Royal Slave." Oroonoko: Or, the Royal Slave. Web. 12 Feb. 2016. http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/oroonoko.html
In conclusion, slavery in the antebellum united states and Aphra Behn’s ‘’Oroonoko’’, in comparison both adopted the trade of changing slaves name to a name of the Slave master
The Antebellum Period
The Antebellum Period in American history is generally considered to be the period before the civil war and after the War of 1812, although some historians expand it to all the years from the adoption of the Constitution in 1789 to the beginning of the Civil War.
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 12 Feb. 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Southern_United_States Slavery in the antebellum United States, larger part of every one of slave's names was changed by their slave master. The slave master allotted whatever name …show more content…
But if the King himself (God bless him) had come ashore, there could not have been greater expectation by all the whole plantation, and those neighboring ones, than was on ours at that time; and he was received more like a governor than a slave: notwithstanding, as the custom was, they assigned him his portion of land, his house, and his business up in the plantation. But as it was more for form than any design to put him to his task, he endured no more of the slave but the name, and remained some days in the house, receiving all visits that were made him, without stirring towards that part of the plantation where the negroes were.
"Oroonoko: Or, the Royal Slave." Oroonoko: Or, the Royal Slave. Web. 12 Feb. 2016. http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/oroonoko.html
In conclusion, slavery in the antebellum united states and Aphra Behn’s ‘’Oroonoko’’, in comparison both adopted the trade of changing slaves name to a name of the Slave master