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 A Planter's Mansion [T. Addison Richards, "The Rice Lands of the South", in Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1859), vol. 19, p. 732. Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library.]

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 A Planter's Mansion [T. Addison Richards, "The Rice Lands of the South", in Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1859), vol. 19, p. 732. Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library.]

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The primary source relates to southern culture and society. The primary sources reveals to us the wealth and prosperity that the slave trade brought upon the plantation owner. The size of the houses they lived in were immensely large, and the cost to build them were also large too. The cost of this wouldn't matter though, since being in the slave trade brought upon so much fortune for many white Americans in the South that they could basically buy what ever they wanted. The primary source reflects the political, economic, and societal causes and effects of slavery by showing us that politically slave owners were very powerful and could basically govern all of their land and plantations by themselves, economically the slave owners were extremely rich, being able to live in humongous houses with many floors, and societally shows us the grandness of living as a slave owner in the slave trade times. The primary source specifically relates to the lasting effects of slavery today in America and around the world because it shows that while the plantation owners were very rich, but the slaves that they forced to work for them weren't. People can see through this primary source the privileges that plantation owners could have over the slaves and could therefore deduce that slavery was mainly based on race. The plantation owners saw the black people as an inferior species born to be slaves, and this clearly shows racism toward blacks and other minorities. Hopefully, people will learn for the past by looking at this primary source and will make all people equal, not just giving a certain race more privilege than another.

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Picking Cotton, U.S. South, 1850s [Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1853-54), vol. 8, p. 456. (Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library)

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Picking Cotton, U.S. South, 1850s [Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1853-54), vol. 8, p. 456. (Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library)

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The primary source relates to slave life. The primary source reveals the work that slaves had to do, mainly picking and farming cotton and other cash crops. It shows the hard labor that slaves would have to undergo while on a plantation. The primary source reflects the political, economic, and societal causes and effects of slavery by showing us that politically slaves were made to work extremely hard to bring in riches for the plantation that then bring in riches for the state, economically the slaves played a huge role in the making money process of the slaves trade, and societally the slaves all had to undergo this hard and extremely stressful lifestyle. The primary source specifically relates to the lasting effects of slavery today in America and around the world because it shows people around the world and in America how bad slavery really is. By showing people these sources, one will truly begin to understand the hard work and pain that slaves had to go through. By knowing this, people will hopefully learn that slavery is very wrong and is a massive problem that hurts more than it helps.

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Negro Quarters [Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1853), vol. 9, p. 753. Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library.]

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Negro Quarters [Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1853), vol. 9, p. 753. Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library.]

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The primary source relates to slave life. The primary source reveals that slavery has a sort of system to it, where all the slaves lived all in their quarters on the plantation then woke up early to do slave work. It also revealed that the slaves had a code where they can only live in their quarters and can only leave their quarters for work or if the master tells them to leave. The primary source reflects the political, economic, and societal causes and effects of slavery by showing us that politically the slaves were all basically forced to do what the master tells them to do. They had no say in what they wanted to do. If they are told to only live in their quarters, they will do it. It reflects the economic causes because it shows that running a plantation required a lot of money to run too. Imagine the cost of having to build all these houses for your slaves and maintaining all those acres of land. It reflects the societal causes because it shows that in the plantation, the slaves had their own sort of society. They had their own quarters and were forced to work on the owners' own plantations. The primary source specifically relates to the lasting effects of slavery today in America and around the world because some of these buildings still exist today and are preserved to remind us of the horrors of the southern slavery in America. These buildings should not invoke joy in a person but rather sympathy and sorrow for the slaves. We, by looking at these buildings, should learn from the mistakes of the past.

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Hauling and Shipping Cotton, Savannah, Georgia, 1871 [Leslie's Illustrated (Oct. 14, 1871), pp. 73 and 76. ( Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)]

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Hauling and Shipping Cotton, Savannah, Georgia, 1871 [Leslie's Illustrated (Oct. 14, 1871), pp. 73 and 76. ( Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)]

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The primary source relates to slave trade. The primary source shows the cotton that the slaves were forced to work for being transported on ships to be shipped to other places to sell. This was part of the slave trade as in exchange for the cotton that the Americans provided to other countries, they were given money, other good trade items, or even more slaves. The primary source reveals that the slave trade was a back and forth process. The slaves come in from Europe and Africa and are forced to travel to America to work to get cash crops. The white Americans then get those cash crops, put them on a ship, and sell them back to Europe and Africa in exchange for money, other trade items, and more slaves. This shows that the slave trade allowed slavery to thrive. The primary source reflects the political, economic, and societal causes and effects of slavery by showing us that politically the slave trade brought in good wealth for the country, economically the slave trade allowed many people in the South to become rich, and societally encouraged more white Americans in the South to do this evil practice of slavery. The primary source specifically relates to the lasting effects of slavery today in America and around the world because it shows people that maybe slavery may be able to bring a big amount of fortune for your country and/or yourself. Since you don't have to do any of the work yourself and you can just have a lot slaves do it, the opportunity to get rich while doing nothing is immense and may be able to influence people to practice slavery today.

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Miss Fillis and child, and Bill, sold at public sale in May 12th, Christiansburg, Montgomery County [Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia, 1853-1867. Courtesy, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia; slide 83-167c.]

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Miss Fillis and child, and Bill, sold at public sale in May 12th, Christiansburg, Montgomery County [Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia, 1853-1867. Courtesy, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia; slide 83-167c.]

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The primary source relates to the southern culture and society. The primary source shows white people auctioning and selling black people to other owners for money. This reveals that slavery treated slaves as less than human and more like objects. White people basically sold slaves like they would sell crops. The primary source reflects the political, economic, and societal causes and effects of slavery by showing us that slaves in the southern colonies were politically shown as sort of animals or plants that could be traded, economically shown as a way to make fortune by selling them, and societally disrespected by whites and were auctioned like animals. The primary source specifically relates to the lasting effects of slavery today in America and around the world because it set a precedent that people may be traded and auctioned like this. The primary source gave people a precedent that they may be able to trade and treat humans as not humans but as objects of trade and as animals.

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Metal Branding Iron with Owners' Initials [Isabelle Aguet, A Pictorial History of the Slave Trade (Geneva: Editions Minerva, 1971), plate 33, p. 45.]

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Metal Branding Iron with Owners' Initials [Isabelle Aguet, A Pictorial History of the Slave Trade (Geneva: Editions Minerva, 1971), plate 33, p. 45.]

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The primary source relates to slave life. The primary source shows metal branding irons with initials used to determine which slave belongs to which person. They burn the slaves body with a heated branding iron to leave the owners' initials on the body. It reveals that slavery is extremely painful for the slave, physically and mentally. Imagine the pain of having a burning and searing hot iron pressed on your body. The primary source reflects the political, economic, and societal causes and effects of slavery by showing us that slaves were not seen as people politically, treated like objects of trade and fortune economically, and treated as below human societally. The primary source specifically relates to the lasting effects of slavery in America and around the world today because it shows that physical pain and mental unstableness is a part of slavery today and forever will be. If the slaves of the American slave trade were branded like this, dealing a great deal of physical pain and mental pain, then how much more mental and physical pain do slaves endure today?