American History

The making of wage labor regulation for the slave owners was the governments alternative solution to the demand of emancipation by the Black Americans.  Due to the westward expansion, capitalist had nothing to do but to follow this new law.  Otherwise, their businesses and the industry in general would surely drop.  On the other hand, anti-slavery organizations were making demands to abolish totally the slavery and slave labor.  However, Black Americans are still in need to have something to earn for their living.  Because their line of expertise came from the time when they were slave laborers to their masters even with no compensation at all, they were as much as thankful for the creation of wage labor regulation as they were certainly at peace and hopeful to be compensated for their hard labor appropriately.
    The height of Black Slavery period began facing its ending following the victory of American Revolution happened in the late years of eighteenth century.  Abolition of slavery started coming to the minds of those in the position which supported by different groups of activists rallying everywhere such as in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in California where African-American population is enormous.  While talks and debates regarding the slavery abolition took place, the agricultural development and industrialization in the western part of the country was almost getting the remarkable expansion.  Slave masters then were fighting against the slavery abolition as they need their slaves so badly.  Some of them who happened to lose possession of their slaves really wanted to win them back.  With this, slave abolition talks between land owners and the government, who were on the side of Black Americans, set another debatable discussion, which emphasize on how and up to what extent that the land owners would take possess their slaves after having given to chance to get them back once more.  Wage labor began addressing in the context as an alternative solution of slave labor which perhaps the immediate answer to the demand of each side as it could be the best way to meet the interests of both parties halfway.  It could be a forceful action by the government though but the result that patronage of slave labor started declining was expected.  Therefore, slave owners, who were now addressed as capitalists as they are now paying their wage worker, were enforced to abide the new labor law and obliged to pay the wage worker according to the labor and time that they were consumed.
    In my own opinion, the only positive outcome of the wage labor implementation is that the morale of the former slaves are boosted by the creation of the new labor system knowing that they are now be called as wage laborers and not just mere slaves to their masters.  Other than that, there is no difference at all as they still had to experience hard labor and sometimes maltreatment from their masters.  However, I am still for the wage labor system and totally opposed to the old norm of slave labor.  It is clear to me that there were lots of support groups who were sympathizing African American citizens which perhaps urged the government so eagerly in making the said reformation of their lifestyles from slave workers to wage workers.  Finally, I understand that the shaping of our history did not formulate overnight and had to overcome situation such as this to attain liberation and equal opportunity for all as hat we have enjoyed up to this date.
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