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Running head: Slavery in America

The Way Slaves Were Able to

Maintain Their Cultures

and Shape Their Lives

In America

Ryan Emilio

3127180

HIST 2P15

T.A.: Tracy Stewart

Throughout history, many documents have been recorded involving slavery within the United States of America. It is a fact that not many of those recorded documents were written by slaves as "…literacy was withheld from slaves" , which can very well explain why there is often times a bias point of view regarding a slave's way of life. By examining useful information such as autobiographies, journals, work logs and different forms of art, one will see what slave life was like from slaves' points of view. Although African American slaves were often mistreated by their slaveowners, many of them were still able to maintain their own culture and shape their own lives. This will become obvious after exploring a slave's family life including the birth and stages of marriage, as well as their......

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