Black Heritage and Enslavement through Time

 Tobias Nash

Ms. Harris

ENGL 2016-44378

17 November 2022


Black Heritage and Enslavement through Time

When we think about heritage and traditions, we tend to associate them with races and ethnicities. Through time we have seen them be passed down from generation to generation, whether it’s certain dances, foods, or music. There is a particular heritage that I want to focus on and that is the black heritage. There are different aspects of black heritage that some people may not understand because that there are different ethnicities that celebrate or embrace their heritage in their own way. Some may come from a route from slavery which was a dark time for black throughout history. This essay will go through the time and lifestyles of enslavement and black heritage.

Starting with enslavement, it’s when you have lost your freedom and are treated cruel for your disobedience and bad behavior. But some may just have been for reasons that have nothing to do with the person at all. Slavery began in the 17th and 18th centuries where Africans were being shipped from Africa to North and South America. They were also being shipped back and forth through North and South America and were forced to work in fields of cotton and tobacco. For many years, slaves went from being shipped to becoming workers with no pay or benefits other than free time and short breaks and not having any care for their health or well-being. Time and time again, enslavement has continued all the way from the 17th and 18th centuries all the way to the 21st centuries.

Looking at the black heritage, we see that many people have a least one thing that sets them apart from the other cultures and ethnicities that are out there, whether it be with their language, activities, or dances. Back then, black people were separated to their own stuff like their own bathrooms and were segregated from schools with better education just because of the color of their skin. Through time that all changed with brave pioneers like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. Standing up for what they believe what is right. These were brought upon based off of the trauma and horror of the slaved individuals of the dark times. This trauma is a good example for the Black Gothic and is the same as Equiano when he was trapped and felt the trauma and horror of feeling enslaved and loss of freedom. 

For black people, especially during the dark times, a lot of things had meaning, including the little things. Black people did not give up hope even when it seemed like there was hardly any. Rosa Parks was a brave who refused to move from her seat on the bus just because of skin color and routine. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote gave a speech named, “I Have a Dream” which was a speech about civil rights and putting an end to racism in the U.S. This gave black people hope and strength that the bad times would get better because the lifestyles of the enslaved were very poor and depressing.

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