Peoples History of US: 1492 - Present by Zinn - Book Report/Review Example

The first chapter is about the slavery of the Indians in parts of South America which are now Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.The second chapter is also about slavery but it is slavery on the blacks and not the Indians and hence the title provided for the chapter. The blacks were brought in from their different African nations to America to provide the much-needed labor. The white slaves were not enough and the Indians were few and in some areas were non-existent and with their numerous plantation farms of cotton and other plants, the white wealthy owners needed cheap labor and hence bought slaves (Pickett and Dwayne 28).

They mistreated these black slaves by overworking them, providing little or no other benefits, and not caring about their families. The chapter further tries to explain how these Europeans tried to change their culture by explaining that their culture (that of the white people) was superior (Kicza and Rebecca 17).Discuss why the author chose the title of the chapter.The title of these two chapters is so because they try to briefly explain to the reader what the chapter is about hence ensuring that the reader will be more interested to learn about the chapter from just one glance at the chapter title.