To Be A Slave :: American America History

To Be A SlaveThe only(prenominal) things that go d feature to my mind when I think of bondage and of the book To be a Slave are either mis generaliseing or very negative. During the slavery years, African battalion were subjected to some of the worst treatments of the history of this planet. They were forced to flirt for white people as slaves, scarce that is nothing compared with the treatment they received. Slaves were beaten, mal-nourished, and disrespected as a whole. Slaves were considered as low as the lowest forms of life. They were treated less(prenominal) than some forms of life. They were treated as property that was disposable and replaceable, and I dont understand why this mentality came into the hu patch brain.I sometimes can try on to make myself understand how a man could feel that he could own another man. Money and greed is credibly the reason that made people feel that they should convince themselves that they are superior to another race. I suppose that whi te people tried to make themselves believe that they were superior, and eventually the paper surfaced that they were superior, even though deep down they knew they were not. Why treatment was so harsh I dont fully understand either. My theory is that the extremely rumbustious treatment given to the Africans was to ensure that the white people would remain lapse dog. This could also explain the holocaust, when the Nazis executed millions of innocent people for no bare reason. They too could have felt threatened by a dissimilar society. The only difference is that the Americans didnt necessarily feel threatened by the Africans, but they probably didnt like the fact that they could revolt and free themselves. Intimidation was a very effective strategy. Harsh punishment could keep the slaves in-line. However, this thinking could only happen once the idea that White people were superior was firmly, and falsely, imprinted in the slave owners minds. At first, when slave trading was ne w in America, I would be willing to assume that punishment was not as harsh. It was probably gradual. Leading to the climax of one of the worst spectacles that the eye of man has beheld.