Michelle Alexander Quotes

By The Mid-1770s, The System Of Bond Labor Had Been Thoroughly Transformed Into A Racial Caste System Predicated On Slavery. The Degraded Status Of Africans Was Justified On The Ground That Negros, Like The Indians, Were An Uncivilized Lesser Race, Perhaps Even More Lacking In Intelligence And Laudable Human Qualities Than The Red-skinned Natives. The Notion Of White Supremacy Rationalized The Enslavement Of Africans, Even As Whites Endeavored To Form A New Nation Based On The Ideals Of Equality, Liberty, And Justice For All. Before Democracy, Chattel Slavery In America Was Born.

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