The Slavery Of The United States - 1121 Words

Before the 19th C, literature in the United States (US) was largely characterized on the basis of its diverse nature. Using different forms of documentations such as travel accounts and journals, early European explorers noted down their different experiences in the New World. Owing to the fact that these new Explorers were very religious, most of their writings were defined by their religious convictions especially the Puritan faith. In addition to these writings being shaped by religion, most of the narratives revolved around the common phenomenon of slavery. It was the time when emancipation was being advocated by many people especially in the North States which was anti-slavery. Most of the narratives in those times revolved around†¦show more content†¦Before the coming of the Europeans, the natives held the best parts of the land and when these settlers came, they took the fertile lands and most economical viable lands for themselves. Thus, the economy of the US continu ed to grow while the state of the native Indians continued to worsen as they lost their power and resources. It could not have been possible for the US to have developed in those exponential terms without acquiring land from the natives at almost no cost. When the settlers set their feet in the New World, they had one agenda which was to achieve economic growth of the new land at all costs. It was then achieved at the expense of the Native Indians who had to be stripped of their land and resources. In most of the narratives, there is a lot of Puritan religious agenda that is directly based on the Bible as their religious authority. They base their arguments on the fact that God promises to freely provide for his children through His grace. This kind of belief is not found within the Native Indians’ religious belief system and thus they were viewed as Godless. In a way, the Western Christian values largely despised on the religious system of the Indians which heightened the te nsions between the two communities. This textual exchange between factual and spiritual information within the