African American Transition
... This is what many African Americans went through. The African Americans in the eighteenth century British North American colonies tried many ways to maintain their native culture, while facing many obstacles and difficulties. ... African Americans were forced into a new world which had no familiarity. ... In America, life was very different and the African Americans were treated very harsh. Trying to keep their own culture and traditions alive, African Americans faced many obstacles. “The master (African slave’s owners) hoped to convert the slave into a mindless drudge who obeyed every command and worked efficiently for his profit.” (Nash 131) With this in mind it is obvious that the African Americans were not allowed to do or make any decision on his own. ... Unstable life conditions made it difficult for any African American to establish any type of new culture or lifestyle, but many times they were able to succeed in passing on what little traditions that they had carried.