SOC 134 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: La Amistad, Underground Railroad, Literacy Test
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The atlantic slave trade: brought kidnapped africans from homeland to. Us economy depended on slavery, cotton market in south very important. Led to slave codes which means slaves could not: marry or meet with free black person, buy or sell goods/services, possess weapons or liquor, quarrel with a white person, possess property or money, inherit from a white. Read or write or be taught to read or write. Laws didn"t protect their right to safety or life or their right to safely raise their own family. Poor whites identified with rich planters who they wished they could be. Earned psychological wage due to fact they were white, could vote, had laws to protect you, admitted into public functions and parks and schools: referred to as racial wage . Legacy of slavery : the foundation of our nation"s wealth rests on 250 years of slave free labor, whites were on top, racism became firmly established in the foundation of american culture.
