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    The speech discusses the differing views of enslaved Africans and Caribbean sugar planters on the abolition of slavery. Enslaved Africans actively supported abolition due to the harsh conditions they endured and many knowing freedom before being captured. Planters opposed abolition, claiming slavery already existed in Africa, that slaves were being civilized, and economic concerns over lost investments if slavery ended.

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    The speech discusses the differing views of enslaved Africans and Caribbean sugar planters on the abolition of slavery. Enslaved Africans actively supported abolition due to the harsh conditions they endured and many knowing freedom before being captured. Planters opposed abolition, claiming slavery already existed in Africa, that slaves were being civilized, and economic concerns over lost investments if slavery ended.

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    Caribbean History pool 1

    May 7, 2021
    Topic: The Metropolitan Movements towards Emancipation
    Instruction: All responses in this section must be well developed. Points must be logically
    sequenced and supported with relevant details and examples. Marks will be awarded
    for good organization and correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.

    As a former enslaved person and a deacon in a Baptist Church, you have agreed to give a
    speech about the views of the opposing sides of the movement for the abolition of slavery. In
    your speech, explain TWO reasons why enslaved Africans actively supported the movement
    to end plantation slavery and THREE reasons why Caribbean sugar planters did not support
    abolition.
    Total 25 marks

    Good morning everyone. I am here today to discuss a matter that has been in recent
    talks for quite some time now; that is, the differing views on abolition of slavery between
    planters and the enslaved. As we know, slavery has been ongoing for many years, and the
    imperial government has finally considered its abolition. As I have been apart of the enslaved
    and free society, I know the white man’s expla ins the reasons why enslaved Africans
    actively support slavery’s abolition, and why the planters are against it.
    The first and probably most obvious reason as to why the slaves want freedom, is due
    to the harsh conditions under which they work. Slaves work from sunrise until sunset under
    the hot sun, have to return to their poorly constructed huts in comparison to the white man's
    adobe, aren't allowed to openly practice their religion, and receive clothes and food which are
    poor in quality and meager in quantity. Furthermore, the white man is able to do as he pleases
    with slaves, such as sell them to pay off his debt, divide families for breeding purposes or
    force slaves to work overtime. Women especially have it hard, as when they are pregnant, the
    try to get as much work from them as possible before the workload becomes too much. After
    pregnancy, women tend to have little time to look after their children as they're constantly
    working away in the fields. A second major reason as to why the slaves demand freedom is
    due to the fact that many of the African born slaves knew what freedom was like before their
    journey to the West Indies. It is completely unfair that a free person must be forced to go
    through the many struggles and pains of slavery, just for the white man's benefit feels like it.
    Despite these very solid reasons as to why the slaves support the abolition process, the
    planters are still opposed to abolition, as they too have their reasons for their desired
    continuity of slavery. Some of these include:
    a) The fact that slavery already existed in Africa
    b) That the slaves are being 'civilized'
    c) Economic reasons, such as loss of investments

    The first reason why the sugar planters are opposed to slavery is because they claim that
    slavery already existed in Africa. They claim also, that the slaves are being civilized through
    slavery, and that there is a parent/child relationship that would be destroyed if slavery were to
    end. Personally, I remember my father’s story about how the Europeans invaded his village,
    and his family was completely free before the Europeans came. I’m sure most of you have
    heard similar stories. The planters’ final reason for opposing the abolition system that I will
    discuss is for economic reasons, such as loss of investments. The planters fear that their
    investments will be lost if slavery is to end.

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