“A battle lost or won is easy to describe, understand and appreciate, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. » -Frederick Douglass When thinking about slavery, you may want to consider the effects of an earthquake, because that's how powerful it was. Like many earthquakes, slavery had various detrimental consequences on everything around it. This included the devastation of family structures and, in the worst cases, the loss of life; and undoubtedly slavery cost many people their lives, just as Harriet Jacobs expressed: “I once saw a slave girl die after the birth of an almost white child. In her agony she cried out: “O Lord, come and take me! » Her mistress stood by her side and made fun of her like a friend incarnate (Jacobs 20). “The energy released by slavery is endless and will always live through African Americans. Although practiced years before, slavery became widespread in America in the 18th century. African Americans were beaten, starved, and disenfranchised. It was common for them to live in appalling conditions and work in unfair conditions. In addition to being raped day after day, and above all, they were deprived of their freedom. They were treated like property and dismantled from society, along with their loved ones. And if that wasn't alarming enough, when slavery was rightfully abolished, "white America" ​​found another way to control African Americans, through Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws immediately became a modernized institution of slavery. This created more of a barrier between opportunity and black people, as they were seen as intellectually and culturally inferior to mainstream America. African Americans needed to heal from what is happening... middle of paper... everything. However, the beliefs that divided society soon began to influence everything that would become of them. Their struggles became their motivations in life, especially when they set out into a new world and discovered what was beyond plantations and hard work. Why were slavery and racism so powerful? They were no longer just units of language, they had acquired meaning. “White America” had become excited and attached its emotional and physical sensations to controlling African Americans. They had simply separated their feelings from life. And despite this, they used fear as a shield to protect their feelings. However, throughout the past, present, and future of African Americans, a wound can never be completely healed, because you will always carry it for the rest of your life. But through mental, spiritual, physical and emotional practices, it is easier to succumb to pain..