Bury the Chains Chapter 4

The most important commodity in the Caribbeans at this time was sugar. Before the slaves would be brought to America they were first cornered in the Caribbeans where sugar was king. James Stephen at this time was freshly married and proved to be a semi-descent man when he told chose his wife on the concept of "i will marry whoever cannot fin another husband." Stephens was a lawyer who traveled to the Caribbeans. In the Caribbeans Stephens saw four "guilty" slaves sentenced to death by being burned alive (Stephens felt these slaves were innocent). Stephens felt horrible knowing even he has benefited from slavery.

I chose to end my paragraph rite here because of that last sentence, read it again. STEPHENS FELT HORRIBLE KNOWING HE HAS BENEFITED FROM SLAVERY. In class we spoke about the sweatshops and how people turn a blind eye, Stephens instead of just turning a blind eye actually felt pain for even benefiting in such a horrible trade.

The slaves at this time were being prosecuted and oppressed. The form of execution used on the four men Stephens felt were innocent was a form of execution used all to often to keep the blacks afraid of retaliation. In America Lynching was basically a tool used for the same result. All through out time the oppressed have been held down by people of fewer numbers, the Romans did it, the Egyptians did it, the KKK did it, the nazis have done it and many other groups throughout time