Yeah, i couldnt agree more @humanearl. The accomplishments of African Americans and their contributions to our society have
been left out of most history books. Therefore, most African Americans do not know of
their contributions to history.
Slaves performed all kinds of jobs within the United States of America. They worked
on plantations and in the towns or cities at various kinds of occupations whether they
were skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled. The slave labor helped to build the United States
into the great country it is today. Enslaved African labor was necessary for the survival
of European colonial economies in the Americas from the 16th through the 19th centuries.
The slaves from West and Central Africa imported the knowledge of growing rice,
which grew well in their land, to South Carolina and Georgia. The slaves taught the slave
owners how to cultivate this crop. Rice did not grow in Great Britain. Other foods that
came from Africa were watermelon, black-eyed peas, sorghum, okra, and millet.