Use the following quotes to analyze the construction of hereditary slavery for Africans in Brooklyn, NY as depicted by Wilder in chapter one.
“They believed Africans to be poorer workers, culturally inferior, and physically offensive. Yet, as the century progressed, the supply of Africans increased while the importation of indentured Christians declined” (pp 10).
” It was not hate but an equally vulgar greed that drove local Christian farmers to enslave Africans” (pp 12).
“…; however, by the end of the century, many Africans were Christians but not free” (pp 15). (A Covenant With Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn- C.S. Wilder)
Have you ever experienced (or saw someone) being stereotyped because of your race or ethnicity? How can racial stereotypes harm societies, as well as groups and individuals?
