Thesis: “The Slave community” is a book written by “John Blassingame” regarding the serious issue of slavery and the struggle of African Americans to endure the institution of slavery at the same time, they struggled to Africanized the American South. Therefore, with the passage of time, they not only earned recognition as individuals in the world at large but also achieved various social and civil rights by the American constitution.

Though discrimination among African Americans and the Native Americans is still a common practice among the African Americans fabricated under a sophisticated coating at all levels.

African Americans were originally transported to North America as slaves of America. These were the only ethnic groups arriving to the shores of North America against their will. Ever since the beginning they have been treated as minorities and discriminated among the white Americans in the entire social, economical as well as political spheres of the American society. However, they never lost faith and kept on struggling for the survival of the institution of slavery to Africanized the South Americans.

Therefore, they succeeded in achieving their very rights constitutionally as well as theoretically in some aspects though discrimination is still practiced in America despite of their constitutional and legal rights in the social, economical and political areas in America.

African Americans And The Institution Of Slavery

Therefore, slavery has been a very important issue concerning the black Americans. However, with the end of the civil war and the struggle over reconstruction to achieve various civil rights have marked the history of slavery in America. Amongst the various aspects of slavery is forced labor, which was practice inhumanly in the American colonies.

Where the black Americans who were slaves were forced to work in various agricultural areas. They were forced to work in areas that required extreme hard work and in return they were not given any satisfactory or just amount.1However, even the unskilled white Americans were given good and respectable jobs where no such hard work was demanded and they were earning a handsome amount. So in this way slavery was used to exploit the basic working rights of the black Americans. At the same time, the institution of slavery in the Southern part of America was more intense and diverse as the percentage of slaves and the nature of work made by them were according to the size, location and the crops produced in these specific areas.

On the other hand the relationship between master and slaves were also verified. For instance, the slaves in the cities were limited to jobs like drivers, nursing, craftsmen and mill workers as well as house servants. 2So they were enjoying a better social and economical environment as compared to the slaves in the rural areas.
However, with the passage of time, despite of these variations in the institution of slavery, the institution of slavery flourished with a noticeable increase in the slave population.

The continuous importation of the African slaves in South America by the end of 19th century tremendously increased the slave population in the country. With this the natural population growth of the African slaves in America also increased and they started developing a family system in America.

On the other hand these slave communities living in America and giving birth to a new generation started adopting the American culture and modifying it according to their personal needs. 3Therefore, they are now recognized as African Americans or the black Americans instead of Africans

The Slave Community and African Americans Africanized The American South

Though African Americans were mixed in the culture of South America but they were humiliated in many aspects. For instance, the Native Americans at one side was forcing the black slaves at work places to do work more than their potential with out any just pay for that. On the other hand, the marriages with slave families were considered illegal. 4However, with the passage of time, many slave owners started promoting a liberal approach towards their slave in regard to marriages.

Though the slave parents did not get any legal status in the American South. At the same time, the white Americans also sexually harassed black slave women.
Moreover, the African slaves were also not given any health care facilities, which was the most disturbing thing for these black immigrants. On the other hand the African Americans were deprived of the basic right to educate their children. Therefore, with the success of the civil right movement, the African Americans won recognition of individuals in America and also earned various social economical and other civil rights.
Therefore if we trace back the history of the slave community in struggling for achieving a legitimate social status in America it comes to our understanding that presently the African slave have not only achieved to mix among the white Americans and known as the African Americans but have also succeeded in Africanizing the American South.

They have developed various educational and health care institutions for their own community where African Americans are earning education and enjoying various health care facilities with out any fear or discrimination. Moreover, many health care and educational institutions are also developed that provide educational training and health care facilities to both the African Americans and the Native Americans with out any racial discrimination. On the other hand the African Americans have also achieved the support of the Church and various religious institutions. Though both the African Americans and the Native Americans have separate churches for their religious practices, but at the same time, there are many Churches that allow religious practice with out any racial discrimination.

5 Moreover, with the passage of time, the African Americans have also earned sexual freedom and liberty and now we find even intermarriages between the whites and the blacks in the American South. At the same time, white and blacks are also engaged into other sexual activities and enjoying a friendly sexual life with each other. Though black women are sexually assaulted at work places similarly as white women are. But the ratio to sexual assault over black women is far more than the white-working women. Therefore, developing sexual relationships among both black and white men and women flourished the family system with a noticeable speed. However, still in America marriages among blacks and white are not legitimate.

At the same time, since America is a democratic country and its constitution provides its people freedom of expression and various other civil rights, both black and white do get into physical relationship. But the consequences are immense. On one hand, when black women get pregnant and deliver babies that are born out of sexual intercourse with white men, they are mixing in the culture of American South. This is benefiting the African Americans as they are striving to Africanize the South America. While on the other hand, this is posing threat to the white civilization has they do cannot accept the blacks being equal to them by any means in the coming future. Nor they can accept the social mixing up of with the African Americans.

End Notes and Works Cited.

1John B. Boles, “Black Southerner: 1619-1869” (1984);

2 Blassingame, John W. ““The Americanization of the Slaves and the Africanization of the South.” In “The Slave Community” Pp. 65-85 (1979)
3Eugene D. Genovese, Roll, Jordan “Roll: The World the Slaves Made” (1974);

4Ibid. 2
5Ibid.