SOC 0833 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mortality Rate, Satan
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Wednesday, october 5, 2016: indian removal , main example: the trail of tears, that is, the forced removal of the. Cherokee people from lands east of the mississippi river, under andrew. Both africans and native americans were demonized : common association of native americans and africans with evil and satan himself, heathen , pagan , common notion: africans and native americans had had their skins darkened because of past sins against god. If not god, then what: cultural and physical inferiority were held to be responsible for domination of native. Name calling: common derogatory statements about both; ignorant, lazy, stupid, devil worshipper, morally depraved, both referred to as tribes". Tortured africans: mutilations were common (limbs, ears, private parts) to deprive them of the pleasures which could indulge in without expense, masters poured hot wax on their arms, burned them alive, roasted them on slow.
