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Slavery was woven into the very fabric of American society until the end of the Civil War. The stereotypical black man was known as “Sambo” and the female version, the black maid. Sambo was typically thought of as a lazy black man who spent his time singing instead of working. The stereotypical black maid was a fat black lady who was always happy to cook or clean when asked. Of course, actual black people were nothing like Sambo. Most black people were hard workers and the black maids were far from fat most of the time. Most of the black maids were skinny and ended up becoming rape victims to their masters. The stereotypes were used to cover up the evils of slavery in the eyes of the American people.

Slavery was an enormously profitable system for slave owners. Unpaid forced labor allowed slave owners to reap the rewards from the labor of their slaves. Farm work was hard and time consuming. They would have lost untold amounts of money from using paid workers. There is some irony in that Southerners believed so strongly in slavery when so few of the citizens actually owned slaves. Also there were laws being in place to allow the south to keep their slaves and make it harder for other people to take away that privilege. If slaves would run away they were according to law to be brought back to their owners. Everyone was implicated in the slavery problem. No white Southerner wanted the slaves to get any ideas about revolting. Laws were created to deny access to knowledge for blacks. Slaves who ran away were returned to their owners under federal law. Slave catchers would even roam the northern states. War was necessary for slavery to end. And slavery only ended as a means to destroy the Southern economy during the war. Once the Civil War began, slave owners were scared to go to sleep at night for fear of being murdered by one of their slaves.

The rich control everything in this country. Not just the rich, I’m referring to the absolute filthiest rich people in the country. For instance where my mom works at Minster Machine there is a rich man behind the company. The rich do not care about the poor as long as it does not affect them. CEOs are known to cut pay to their workers while lounging in their expensive cars, homes, or even airplanes. Perhaps the way to go is to get rid of the monetary system all together as well as material needs. The challenge instead of accumulating wealth should be to improve ourselves and those around us.