MC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Alexis De Tocqueville
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All live on same soil but barriers between. African americans and native americans= inferior position: oppressed. African americans begin lives as slaves from birth. Realize that they belong to someone=> not in control of their destiny. Slavery brutalizes them but freedom destroyed them. Europeans condemned native americans to a wandering vagabond life, full of indescribable suffering . They see their origin as noble=> don"t want to conform to european ways. African americans want to join europeans but can"t. Native americans could join but don"t want to: pride leads him to death . No longer live in new england=> tribes have recede am been destroyed. Europeans brought them new tastes but they didn"t have the means to satisfy them: traded=> needs increased but resources decreased. Settlers drove away animals=> drove away the native americans: forced migrations. Native americans only have two paths to safety=> war or civilization=> destroy the europeans or become their equals.
