Dearest APUSH,
Please answer TWO (2) the following 3 sets of questions after reading Ch. 2 of APHOTUS. You only need to answer TWO!
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1. What is the color line? How does Howard Zinn describe the way this color line was drawn in early America? Was it intentional or unintentional?
2. How much did you know about resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans before reading this chapter? Why do you think these stories are often left out of textbooks? Also, despite the courageous resistance efforts of thousands, slavery prospered for over 240 years in America. Why? What factors motivated the enslaved to still resist, despite the terrible consequences of getting caught?
3. In this chapter, Howard Zinn indicated that Africans became the victims of the largest forced migration in world history, not because they were uncivilized or weak, but becasue their white adversaries were so strong. What evidence of this idea does Zinn present in the reading?
See you tomorrow,
Mr. B
1. This term derived from WEB Du Bois which described the mass of racism and how it affected the US for a long time. Zinn believes that racism was the ideology the white colonists used to justify slavery. Slavery became known as the norm relationship between blacks and whites. This was intentional because the first blacks in Virginia were considered as “ servants” like the white indentured servants brought from Europe however they endured worse work conditions and were viewed as different. The color “white” defunded beauty.
ReplyDelete2. Before this reading I did not know much about resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans. I believe these stories are often left out of textbooks because they want us to believe the blacks were weak and easily gullible back then. Slavery still prospered because the blacks were stripped from their families and cultures which was core values to them so when ripped away they felt helpless. However the enslaved still resisted because even though consequences were given their resistance was enough to create constant fear among white planters.
What is the color line? How does Howard Zinn describe the way this color line was drawn in early America? Was it intentional or unintentional?
ReplyDeleteI believe that the color line that Howard mentions is the separation of the black and white people that have persist to this day. Howard states that this line was drawn by the people of Jamestown because of their lack of labor and their beliefs of the what black means lead to the creation of this line. I believe that this line was intentionally drawn out because many did not want to do their own work out of laziness and due to slavery being present for at least 100 years, they saw that the Africans could be exploited.
How much did you know about resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans before reading this chapter? Why do you think these stories are often left out of textbooks? Also, despite the courageous resistance efforts of thousands, slavery prospered for over 240 years in America. Why? What factors motivated the enslaved to still resist, despite the terrible consequences of getting caught?
I knew that the slaves ran away from their plantations and slowed down their productivity but I did not know there were any organized rebellion made by blacks. I believe that these stories were left out of text books to paint slaves as fearful people who did not fully fight back. Slavery prospered for 250 years despite slave uprisings because they were not big enough to impact the profits of tobacco. The many factors that influenced slaves to run away was searching for their families and their dignity because as a result of living communal lives these things, family in particular, were viewed as important to the point where many would risk mutilation to find their loved ones.
In this chapter, Howard Zinn indicated that Africans became the victims of the largest forced migration in world history, not because they were uncivilized or weak, but becasue their white adversaries were so strong. What evidence of this idea does Zinn present in the reading?
He alluded to the the guns and ships that the Europeans possessed during their conquest
Kelly Leach
ReplyDelete2. How much did you know about resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans before reading this chapter? Why do you think these stories are often left out of textbooks? Also, despite the courageous resistance efforts of thousands, slavery prospered for over 240 years in America. Why? What factors motivated the enslaved to still resist, despite the terrible consequences of getting caught?
Before reading this chapter, I was definitely aware of resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans. I knew that slaves ran out constantly and at one point in time a group of slaves rebelled against their masters and killed them with weapons. But, I did not know how much they rebelled even when they were in Africa, they showed resistance. These stories are left out of textbooks because they do not want people to know that Africans and African Americans resisted against them. How whites were constantly afraid of a rebellion against them by slaves. They want to be seen as the dominant race and how nobody would dare go against them. Factors that were apart of the longevity of slavery was because the masters were able to control them mentally Andy physically (especially if they came at a young age or born there). Another reason was that they did not really know where to go since it wasn’t their homeland and that they had no one to go to once they were separated from there families. The slaves still resist because they wanted to be treated better-like human beings. They wanted to go home and be with there families. Because they didn’t deserve to be treated like that.
3. In this chapter, Howard Zinn indicated that Africans became the victims of the largest forced migration in world history, not because they were uncivilized or weak, but becasue their white adversaries were so strong. What evidence of this idea does Zinn present in the reading?
Evidence that Zinn shows in that text was when he stated, because they were taken from a settled culture, of tribal customs and family ties, of communal life and traditional ritual, that African blacks found themselves especially helpless when removed from this. Whites would make laws against blacks that allowed people to do horrific things to them.
1. What is the color line? How does Howard Zinn describe the way this color line was drawn in early America? Was it intentional or unintentional?
ReplyDeleteThe color line mentioned in this chapter is defined as mass racism and it was drawn in early America to justify the mistreatment of African Americans. The Color line was made unintentionally, from the beginning African Americans weren’t seen as servants. They were treated differently and were viewed differently than white servants. Through hatred, pity and patronization the first white settlers secured the “superior” status and for the next 350 years blacks would have the inferior status which is known as racism-hence the color line.
2. How much did you know about resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans before reading this chapter? Why do you think these stories are often left out of textbooks? Also, despite the courageous resistance efforts of thousands, slavery prospered for over 240 years in America. Why? What factors motivated the enslaved to still resist, despite the terrible consequences of getting caught?
Before reading Chapter 2: Drawing The Color Line I didn’t know much about the resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans. For starters I knew that African Americans would run away and be defiant but I had no idea that they were poisoning the plantation owners and starting fires. Not to mention how in South Carolina the group of African Americans who rebelled by killing warehouse guards, stealing guns, gunpowder all while killing people and burning buildings on their journey down south.
1. What is the color line? How does Howard Zinn describe the way this color line was drawn in early America? Was it intentional or unintentional?
ReplyDeleteThe color line is a term to describe racism, the separation of blacks and whites. The way Howard Zinn describes the way the line was drawn was by the people of Jamestown due to the lack of labor. I believe that this line was intentionally drawn because the Europeans possibly could of looked at it in the way to continue to not do their own work, so they decided they were going to have people do the work for them like the way they did with the Indians. Still until this day, slavery has a huge impact on America.
3. In this chapter, Howard Zinn indicated that Africans became the victims of the largest forced migration in world history, not because they were uncivilized or weak, but becasue their white adversaries were so strong. What evidence of this idea does Zinn present in the reading?
The evidence that Zinn provides in the text was, because they were taken from their own group with their families and their cultures, being taken would make them helpless and thought it would make them do the work that they were forced to do.Whites would come up with laws against blacks allowing any white person to come across a black runaway slave is more than welcomed to do anything to them, such as kill them.
What is the color line? How does Howard Zinn describe the way this color line was drawn in early America? Was it intentional or unintentional?
ReplyDeleteThe color line is a segregationist term, basically a line that’s drawn between Jamestown’s due to the lack of labor causing the being of slavery. This was an intentional situation because even before Jamestown, Europeans admired africa and their work ethic. They had the means to get things done and do it well. They were rich in most things and established a good system.
3. In this chapter, Howard Zinn indicated that Africans became the victims of the largest forced migration in world history, not because they were uncivilized or weak, but becasue their white adversaries were so strong. What evidence of this idea does Zinn present in the reading?
Evidence of this idea is presented when they were first brought over from Africa. Even in the ships, they executed their authority in a way that made them seem inferior to anything. Not only did they convince the slaves but they convinced Africans who sent the slaves to the new world to turn against their people.
1. What is the color line? How does Howard Zinn describe the way this color line was drawn in early America? Was it intentional or unintentional?
ReplyDeleteHe used this term to describe the mass of racism and how it affected the US for so long. Slavery became the norm for the relationship of whites and blacks.
2. How much did you know about resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans before reading this chapter? Why do you think these stories are often left out of textbooks? Also, despite the courageous resistance efforts of thousands, slavery prospered for over 240 years in America. Why? What factors motivated the enslaved to still resist, despite the terrible consequences of getting caught?
Before reading chapter 2 i didnt Know that African Americans actually fought back. I knew That they Seoul’s run away and fake identities at times but never to know to actually fight back the “ owners”. By doing killings and everything it made it seem like war , except people of color was sometimes in chains .
1. What is the color line? How does Howard Zinn describe the way this color line was drawn in early America? Was it intentional or unintentional?
ReplyDeleteThe color line is described as racism. Through the indentured servants in Virginia the blacks were still slaves. The treatment was worse than what an indentured servant would endure. This soon caused Slavery to evolve into a regular institution. I believe this was intentional because the white people felt as though they didn’t need to do the hard work to get what they want so, they enslaved a race to do it for them.
2. How much did you know about resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans before reading this chapter? Why do you think these stories are often left out of textbooks? Also, despite the courageous resistance efforts of thousands, slavery prospered for over 240 years in America. Why? What factors motivated the enslaved to still resist, despite the terrible consequences of getting caught?
Before reading this chapter I only had the basic knowledge of this topics because of what I was taught school. I never felt the need to to research about the topic. I believe these stories are left out of textbooks because it’s too real to understand. If you are restricted from certain knowledge you are restricted from learning about the true history of slavery and Africans in early America. The enslaved still resisted despite the consequences because the mental and physical control the whites had over them. It was exceptionally worse if you were bring at a young age or born there because that is all they would know.
1. What is the color line? How does Howard Zinn describe the way this color line was drawn in early America? Was it intentional or unintentional?
ReplyDeleteThe color line is a term to describe racism, the separation of blacks and whites. The way Howard Zinn describes the way the line was drawn was by the laws that was passed after a while to forbid relations between the two races . I believe that this line was purposely drawn because the Europeans possibly didn’t want people of their color to look the same as the black people so they decided they were going to have people do the work for them like the way they did with the Indians. Even in this time period slavery has a huge impact on America and it always will because it gives people a chance to see how much black people weren’t valued for doing things.
2. How much did you know about resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans before reading this chapter? Why do you think these stories are often left out of textbooks? Also, despite the courageous resistance efforts of thousands, slavery prospered for over 240 years in America. Why? What factors motivated the enslaved to still resist, despite the terrible consequences of getting caught?
Before reading Chapter 2: Drawing The Color Line I didn’t know much about the resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans. For starters I knew that African Americans would run away and resist but I had no clue that they were poisoning the plantation owners and starting fires. A group of African Americans who rebelled by killing warehouse guards, stealing guns, gunpowder all while killing people and burning buildings on their journey down south. They wanted change and they tried to get it by causes these things and sooner than later they got it.
1A: W.E.B Du Bios wrote that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line- the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea”. In general, the color line was created to separate blacks and enslave them for profitable cause. Zinn gives many examples of slavery taking place such as when he stated that, “a million blacks had already been brought from Africa to South America and the Caribbean, to the Portuguese and Spanish colonies, to work as slaves,”
ReplyDelete3C: In this chapter, Howard Zinn indicates that colonizers believed that Africans were inferior to them based off the color of skin. In this passage, Zinn explains how the African civilization was far from weak but very advance in a way others wouldn’t understand. It mentions “ European travelers in the 16th century were impressed with African kingdoms” proving that the civilization was more than extraordinary during their time period. Considering the slave trade being most promenade source of income for ( white people ) colonizers, they tore black people from their land and forced them into different cultures, not because they were WEAK, but because they had GUNS, which made the colonizers have an advantage.
What is the color line? How does Howard Zinn describe the way this color line was drawn in early America? Was it intentional or unintentional?
ReplyDeleteThe color line is a reference to the segregation of race in history. Zinn says that this line was drawn in early america when the white settlers had no way to survive and could not enslave the natives because they were too familiar with the land. What they decided to do was take the Africans from their land and force them to do all of their work. This was intentional because they knew the Africans could not fight back because they were unfamiliar with the land and cultures.
How much did you know about resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans before reading this chapter? Why do you think these stories are often left out of textbooks? Also, despite the courageous resistance efforts of thousands, slavery prospered for over 240 years in America. Why? What factors motivated the enslaved to still resist, despite the terrible consequences of getting caught?
Before reading this chapter i knew that African Americans constantly resisted and tried to free themselves from slavery. I believe all of this is left out though because it gives America a bad reputation and gives too much credit to the African Americans on building America. Slavery continued because it was Americas biggest way of income at the time. They got tons of labor without having to spend anything at all. The slaves fought for their freedom because they did not want to live a life working for someone else and in such poor conditions.
1. What is the color line? How does Howard Zinn describe the way this color line was drawn in early America? Was it intentional or unintentional?
ReplyDeleteThe color line, as W.E.B. Du Bois calls it,as Howard Zinn defines it, is this spectrum of racism. How blacks and whites are separated based off culture, civilization, and skin color. Whites were starving and had no crops, so they realize they need slaves to do the work for them so they can survive. They thought blacks were ideal for the role because they are not natives, did not understand the life in the New World, and there was a plethora of them. Plus they put them in harsh conditions through the Middle Passage AND on the plantations; making this point that whites are better than blacks because of whites authority, power, superiority. Drawing this line was definitely intentional because they wanted to blacks in that mindset that they were going to be nothing more they worthless, disgraceful slaves.
2. How much did you know about resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans before reading this chapter? Why do you think these stories are often left out of textbooks? Also, despite the courageous resistance efforts of thousands, slavery prospered for over 240 years in America. Why? What factors motivated the enslaved to still resist, despite the terrible consequences of getting caught?
Prior to reading this text, I knew some things about the rebellions of slaves and how they would plan it to a T but the court would still find the perpetrators and punished them cruelly and severely. I just never knew that they would conspire with some white people and Indians. Stories like these are left out of textbooks because historians want us to see the struggle of the slaves but not how they had moments were they had the upper-hand and can fight against the masters. The historians want to fill our head with grief and sorrow not to see them prevail and triumph. The factors that gave its longevity were that they had this mentality that no life is better than this life or I know I'm human so treat me as such. Their families being separated from them made them realize they could not go through this alone they needed some sort of support system because if they did not have it they couldn't get through this treacherous life. Even the fact that when whites and blacks fraternized together with this rebellion, whites still received a lighter punishment. All the more reason to fight back and persevere and prove to the masters that we are all the same humans and we all do the same and bleed the same. So treat us the same.
1. The color line is the separation tactic to keep blacks and whites apart. Zinn says that the color line was drawn by the racism that oppressed blacks. I think that the line was drawn intentionally in order to keep the whites feeling more inferior and to keep blacks feeling not even as people.
ReplyDelete3. Zinn says that the reason why whites were stronger because they had and were surrounded by a culture of their own. Even with their guns and military, culture is the reason because it supplies them a justified reason that the blacks wouldn’t haven’t because they were torn from their land and their families.
1. The color line is that Howard Zinn speaks so eloquently about is segregation at its finest. He believes that this is an ideology, a way of thinking. He thinks that this is just another excuse used to justify racism. I believe that this was intentional because even when Africans were distant captured to be “servants” they were essentially slaves. They were treated just as bad, if not worse than those who were labeled as slaves originally.
ReplyDelete2. I know a lot about the resistance and rebellion of enslaved African Americans before reading this chapter because of the many lessons taught to me throughout my history education. A story that stuck with me is the story of Harriet Tubman and her great escape. I think that slavery prospered because of the institutionalized racism instilled into the heads of the masters. From a mere child, there’s American woman were taught this way of thinking. What motivated the skates to still resist despite the harsh consequences was the want for freedom. The longing to simply be free.