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This 6 page paper discusses various aspects of African-Americans in regard to religion, spirituality, beliefs, history and culture. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Discussion The history of African-American culture starts, unfortunately, with the slave trade that brought African-Americans to the New World in the first place. Slavery and the slave trade is far
too vast a subject for a paper this short so we can only touch on it. Slaves were brought to America in a slave trade enterprise that involved both European
and African slavers (Horton, 1997). Most of the slaves that were traded by Africans to whites were captives from tribal wars, and although it seems harsh for one African to
trade another to whites that was what happened (Horton, 1997). In the new American nation, as is well-known, the demand for slaves was greatest in the South, where their labor
was needed to run the great plantations. Cotton, in particular, is a very labor-intensive crop to pick, and slaves were necessary for its successful harvest. They were thus in greatest
demand in the "cropping season, when prices were likely to be highest. In North America, this period extended from about April to November" (Horton, 1997). The American colonies, economically, were
less important to Britain than India, and so they were less involved in the slave trade; in fact, only about 5% of all African slaves brought to the New World
were sent to what is now the United States (Horton, 1997). Most of the rest went to the Caribbean, to work on the sugar plantations; the sugar crop was of
greater importance to Britain than the Souths cotton (Horton, 1997). It is of some interest to note that not all the states had as many slaves, or developed slavery in
the same way (Horton, 1997). In South Carolina, slavery had been a part of the states plan since its inception, but in Virginia, the institution developed slowly (Horton, 1997). In
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