To Be A Slave :: American America History

To Be A SlaveThe only things that come to my mind when I ring of slavery and of the book To be a Slave are either misunderstanding or very negative. During the slavery years, Afri batch masses were subjected to some of the pound treatments of the history of this planet. They were forced to work for white batch as slaves, but 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 concluding forms of life. They were treated less 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 human brain.I sometimes can try to make myself understand how a man could feel that he could own another man. Money and greed is probably the reason that made people feel that they should convince themselves that they are superior to another race. I believe that white people tried to make themselves believe t hat they were superior, and even uptually the idea 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 rough treatment presumptuousness to the Africans was to ensure that the white people would remain top dog. This could also explain the holocaust, when the Nazis executed millions of innocent people for no apparent reason. They too could have tangle threatened by a different 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 drive 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 new 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.