Tuesday, November 10, 2009

AficanBurialGround

THE AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND IS WHERE AFRICANS BURIED OTHER AFRICANS.40% OF THEM WHERE KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 12 AND 9% OF THEM WERE INFANTS.THE OTHER 41% WERE TEENAGERS TO ADULTS. IT WAS HELD OUTSIDE COLONIAL STATES. SLAVERY STATED BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM THE COLONIAL STATES STARTED TRAVELING AND THEY SAW THAT AFRICANS WERE STRONG SO THEY PAYED THEM TO WORK FOR THEM BUT THEN IT STARTED TO BECOME A BUSINESS.THE PUNISHMENTS WERE EXTREME. SOME SLAVES EVEN GOT BURNED ALIVE FOR AT LEAST 12 HOUR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO THERE MASTERS DIRECTIONS. BUT AFTER A WHILE SLAVES STARTED TO FIGHT FOR THERE FREEDOM AND GOT IT IN THE 1960'S.