{"id":2461,"date":"2020-08-31T19:58:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T23:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2020-08-31T19:58:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T23:58:55","slug":"drawing-the-color-line-kathrine-yeaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/08\/31\/drawing-the-color-line-kathrine-yeaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing the Color Line – Kathrine Yeaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each reading from Zinn, I am not only reminded of how cruel many of our so-called \u201cheroes\u201d or leaders were, but am made aware of the actual extent of how harsh they really were. Reading the horrible things the settlers and whites did to the African slaves was honestly astonishing. Zinn even mentions how Catholic priests found the sickening ways in which they captured, transported, and enslaved these people to be okay and they even \u201c[bought] these slaves for [their] service without any scruple\u201d. Throughout the years, this unfair treatment of slaves became even more acceptable and in some instances encouraged. Laws were passed in Maryland allowing for \u201ccutting off the ears of blacks who struck whites, and that for certain serious crimes, [they could] be hanged and the body quartered and exposed\u201d. It\u2019s hard for me to understand how that is how they handled things. Their first option was always violence, which now we are taught from the moment we are born is the last option.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The second thing this reading made me realize is that a lot of the reason for this \u201ccolor line\u201d that was created was out of fear and need for wealth and superiority; settlers’ fears of starvation, fear of being poor, and fear of rebellion. The main reason settlers began shipping in African slaves was because they were afraid of the Indians, and they knew they couldn’t get them to do what they wanted. Once they realized they could make money off of slaves, they began shipping in more, and using them for profit. The beginnings of the modern Western civilization, that is known to be because of whites, is really based on the foundation of the slaves’ work. One thing that really surprised me is how the separation between black and white became much more apparent when there was this \u201cclass fear\u201d that the poor whites would rebel with the slaves, which was even more threatening than the slaves rebelling. Because of this fear they simply proclaimed that \u201call white men were superior to black\u201d and went on to give them food and land when they were freed. This chapter really opened my eye as to how un-\u201cnatural\u201d this divide was and how it was created through the ambitions of the whites at the time. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each reading from Zinn, I am not only reminded of how cruel many of our so-called \u201cheroes\u201d or leaders were, but am made aware of…<\/p>\n

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