Afterlife of Slavery Timeline

Afterlife of Slavery- Timeline

Ciara Kiner

 12/1/24

 Written Part of Project 

Afterlife of Slavery

 

The “afterlife of slavery” is a term used to describe the continuing impact of slavery on the lives of African Americans. This included many aspects and my timeline will show some of the most important events that shows the impact that slavery still has on Black people today. Black people are always devalued and disempowered in this world. We must work harder and fight harder for simple things that people of other colors do not have to fight for. Black communities across the world have been critically disadvantaged. Saidiya Hartman says that the afterlife of slavery, “skewed life chances, limited access to health and education, premature death, incarceration, and improvishment.” The time after slavery ended has plenty of factors that created history for Black people. This included The Civil Rights Movement, Reconstruction Era, Jim Crow Laws, and Anti-slavery laws. The Reconstruction Era lasted from 1865 to 1877. The 13th, 14, and 15th Admendments to the Constitution was passed during this time. The Civil Rights Movement did not happen until a century after the emancipation. This movement included Brown v Board of Education, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the March on Washington. Jim Crow Laws included seperate facilities for blacks and whites, black people were denied voting rights due to tests, black people were denied jobs, black people were not allowed to get an education, and much more. Jim Crow Laws ended in 1965 after the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. The afterlife of slavery also included Black patients not receiveing proper healthcare, incarceration, poverty and more. In order to make money and feed their families, many slaves started working as employess for their former owners. These jobs included being farmers, cooks, maids or anything else they could do to survive. Black people faced many challenges after slavery and we still are fighting for ourselves today.

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