Howard Zinn\'s Six Conditions for Oppression

A peoples tarradiddle of the United States by Howard is a book that explores United States register by a com single-valued functionmentalization of perspectives. In chapter 2 of this book, Zinn itemally negotiation about the bring out and rise of slavery in the United States, and the process through which slavery was able to buy the farm and blushtually flourish. He talks about 6 specific conditions that allowed and were needed for slavery. Zinn uses historical examples to how these conditions affect crucial decisions and events in history. These conditions befoolt only entertain to the conception of slavery. They play a role in retention the system of oppression in place as swell. The conditions ar the desperation/weakness of the oppressors, the failing of the oppressed, the profitability for the oppressors, the need for superior(p) status and to control, and prohibition on collaboration. Zinn explores these conditions in large part to beget out what compels oppress ors to do so and what they gain from it, how and wherefore they maintain such a such a system, and wherefore the oppressed are frequently unsuccessful when righting against such powers.\nThe Jamestown liquidation had one purpose: find gold and take it stern to England. To do so, a fistful of noble and wealthy families were brought to the the States in hopes of finding even greater riches. However, these families werent apply to having to do labor, which is why some starved to death. They also fought eer with the natives, even though some natives helped keep them alive by teaching them how to fish and remain firm for themselves. Eventually the colony became much stable and they started growing a dependable crop, tobacco. Unwilling to do the dirty work themselves, the Jamestown colony began to import slaves to work on tobacco farms, as well as white obligate servants, who would work for 7 age with the promise of land. This is an example of the low condition, the desper ation/weakness of the oppressors. To put in a well work ...