SOC 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Atlantic Slave Trade, Literacy Test, Miscegenation
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Spain and england as key countries in development of racial classification system. Cooperative relations were transformed to relations based on exploitation and profit. Colonialism: when a foreign power invades a territory and establishes enduring systems of exploitation and domination over its indigenous populations. Destroys indigenous ways of life and economies. Oppression is justified through belief systems that humiliate indigenous peoples. Co(cid:374)(cid:395)uistado(cid:396)es" (cid:395)uest to (cid:272)aptu(cid:396)e la(cid:374)d, (cid:396)i(cid:272)hes, a(cid:374)d the souls of i(cid:374)ha(cid:271)ita(cid:374)ts. Quest to capture land and resources, but not souls. Firm barriers between english settlers and indigenous populations. Polarization: the splitti(cid:374)g of (cid:862)i(cid:374)dia(cid:374)(cid:863) i(cid:374)to (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:271)le sa(cid:448)age(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)ig(cid:374)o(cid:271)le sa(cid:448)age(cid:863) Laborers who were bound to employers for fixed amount of time, then were freed. In the south, slavery played a more important social and economic rule. The u. (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) se(cid:272)u(cid:396)ed (cid:449)hites" f(cid:396)eedo(cid:373), (cid:449)hile legalizi(cid:374)g (cid:271)la(cid:272)k sla(cid:448)e(cid:396)y. Debates on how slaves should be counted for the purposes of appointing members to congress.
