we’ve explored the process by which Africans became African Americans and how they experienced freedom and oppression throughout this process. We began with the slave trade in the 16th century and ended in the aftermath of the American Civil War and the emancipation of the enslaved in the American South.
In a 500 word essay, answer the following prompt: Did black people become more or less free in the years between circa 1600(the beginning of the slave trade) and 1870(Reconstruction in the United States)?
Your response should include a clear thesis, evidence from at least three of our readings, an organized and logical argument, and should be clearly written.