Takaki "No More Peck 'o Corn" Blog

 3. Why wasn’t Frederick Douglas aloud to read?
"Hugh Auld scolded her severly fobidding her to give the young slave and further lessons ' if you give a nigger and inch he will take an ell... learning will spoil the best nigger'"(Takaki 9).

Fredrick Douglas was not allowed to read because his master was fearful that it would spoil him and give him too much confidence. Hugh Auld thought that if Fredrick was allowed to learn and grow he would no longer rely on his white master and be capable of living free and alone.

5. What is the difference between how southern and northern blacks were treated?
"Very few Blcaks lived in the North. They were "free" for the northern states had abolished slavery after the American Revolution" ( Takaki 1).

African Americans in the North were treated slightly better than those in the South. Technically they were free, but it was difficult for them to become employed and live without a white man.

1. What was Frederick Douglass’ theory for how to break a slave?
"To make a contented slave' Douglas later excplained 'you must make a thoughtless one'"(Takaki 10).

Fredrick Douglas believed that once a slave was unable to formulate their own thoughts about freedom, then they were 'broken".

Resistance or Assimilation

If I was a Native American, I would choose to assimilate. I would rather be able to thrive in a modern society, then spend my days fighting and watching my loved ones die. If I assimilated correctly I would be able to obtain a great amount of wealth through selling my land and growing cotten. I also would be capable of pocessing my own slaves and workers. A good social reason would be pariarchy. Pararchy would benefit the males in society and create more order, though it would be morally wrong. Assimilation would also be politacly beneficial to my trib. we would be able to pocess more land, and have more input on white american politics. Resistance would be fruitless. If I chose to resist I would have no time to hunt , grow crops and would have no control over what happend to my life. The only major fear with assimiliation is that I would never truly fit into to a white society, which is minor. In conclusion, my trib and I would assimilate.

1. There was a difference in culture right from the beginning. The indians were more connected to the land, while the english just wanted to change and pocess it. The English saw the natives as childlike and infirior, thus starting the decline in cultural understanding and leading to war.
2.In New England the English saw the natives as barbaric devils that had to be destoyed. In Virginia the English saw the Natives as people who had to be changed and could be changed.
3. The Irish and Natives both had a love for land. They didn't cultivate their land in the same way the English did, the both moved with the land as the seasons changed. Also, the English saw both groups of people as barbaric and inhumane.