It has been said that the more slaves there were in the South, the closer they were to freedom. Thus the slave in the North had a much better chance of obtaining freedom, and as a slave he understood more what a free life was. The abolitionist tone of “freedom” echoed throughout the North. Quaker demands of manumission with the latest light projects on “natural rights” tied to the hope that the slaves will have the day, while the society changes to increase the freedom. You can take this a step further. If the slaves of the North had more freedom than the Southerners, it can be believed that free blacks were living in the South he finds the towns, even the free, far less free than he who finds houses in the north. After all, the overall “sense” of freedom that pervades the north was not further south. In the southern part far opposite; even in freedom, blacks lived in an environment that failed to oppress them. Perhaps these feelings of freedom or oppression are most important in the life of any black person, free or slave.
As far as possible from southern labor, a man serving in a northern city had at least a space of his respectable liberty. Almost from the beginning the Northern slaves had Quakers as advocates for their freedom. The Quaker Emancipation Movement shaped the atmosphere of freedom in the North. As time went on, the slave in the northern city had many journeys to freedom, and because he moved daily among the children, he had the opportunity to hear about their affairs. Emancipation certainly danced on the tongues of every man – black and white, free and slave. The end of slavery was definite; Although that road to freedom may take years to unfold, there was certainly hope. In addition, slaves could use legal emancipation with the moral enlightenment of natural law, which was very popular in the North, and they tried to claim freedom. With a group of abolitionists voting, their efforts for independence had a good chance of paying off. As time went on, things only seemed to look better, as the men of Benezeti and Rush seemed to form groups to educate black /a> children , an opportunity that had not existed before. The slave lived in the north in a world where freedom was precious and longed for. The supporters and guardians of the abolitionists fought for freedom; masters and oppressors, most of whom were revolutionaries, sought freedom for America. Freedom was in the air, and even in slavery, man could breathe.
In the South, however, the black book also suffered from excessive oppression. In the first place, many southern states were filled with aristocrats; so the news of freedom was the sound, but distant hums could be heard from the North. The southern rural environment is very different. Unlike slaves in the north, slaves did not have the ability to mix with their children; they were mostly sheltered in the bush. Blacks in the rural areas who had gained their freedom also had a very strict social security system. Even the slaves in the northern cities had the ability to gather with their children and friends; In contrast, the freedmen of the rural South were usually oppressed by their white neighbors and by the failing congregation. Even southern rural black communities were protected from the rest of the southern world. Instead of the air of freedom which filled the North, the South was a wave of fear. Most black men lived with the constant threat of being forced into slavery again, as some plantation owners claimed free law. He was a fugitive black slave and returned him to slavery. White men, also fearful, delivered fear through the enemy towards the black children. The idea of natural rights and pure reason had not yet taken hold in southern culture; However, people thought that the blacks were dangerous and could not live in civil life. Almost paradoxical to this was another fear: Black children, in order to prove their ability to live, suspect white-love. the institution of slavery, which justified the belief that black people were inferior. In the Northern freedom the taste of the slaves also kept the light of the air. But the south clings hostilely.
It is difficult to determine where true freedom lies. Richard Lovelace, a poet of the 1600s, once wrote, “If I have freedom in my love, and in my soul I am free, only the angels who are above enjoy this freedom.” When it comes to the times that seek the freedom of both revolution and emancipation, we must pause to consider such a statement. Was freedom on paper legal? Does anyone have such a paper book to say? A slave in the North lacked legal freedom, but even a free man in the South was not freed. The Northern States had a ring of freedom that slave and non-slave alike could feel. It didn’t exist in the deep rural South, and even the slaves experienced non-serious oppression. It is the shared beliefs of society that determine whether it is free or not. In the North blacks were in the society which predominantly achieved freedom for all; so also the slaves had been raised by powerful friends to liberty. The southern bellies were filled with terror and to the point of blind hostility. It was racism that allowed slavery and racial slavery, which also kept black children.
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- Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South by Ira Berlin
