This is a book I was reading for school. It was a very short book and easy to read. Even though it was short I thought it had a lot of good information in it and I was able to get something out of it
The book was about slavery and how origionally it had nothing to do with race. A black man could have a white man as a slave, and a white man could have a black man as a slave. Also slavery wasn't what we think of now. It was properly called indentured service. And it didn't last for your lifetime. A normal indentured service lasted 4-7 years.
It was in 1633 that a few rules were made that caused racism to come into play and you could be seen as the "wrong color" A slave born into slavery was automatically a slave. And, a black man could not have a white slave.
The book was about slavery and how origionally it had nothing to do with race. A black man could have a white man as a slave, and a white man could have a black man as a slave. Also slavery wasn't what we think of now. It was properly called indentured service. And it didn't last for your lifetime. A normal indentured service lasted 4-7 years.
It was in 1633 that a few rules were made that caused racism to come into play and you could be seen as the "wrong color" A slave born into slavery was automatically a slave. And, a black man could not have a white slave.
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