AS AM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bull Connor, Rutherford B. Hayes, List Of Asian Records In Swimming
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The threat of violence as a form of social control. Chronic fears that white supremacists had over black slaves. Outcome of any crime can vary widely ddue to the varying sentences. White ppl thought they had complete access and ownership of the bodies of ppl. If a child results, the child is the property of the owner. Southerners said that in open propaganda that slaves were happy. Scholarly work shows that it warped criminal law, established system of discrimination and distrust between white and black ppl. Records of the race riots show level of hostility. Slavery gives slave owners a license to physically and sexually abuse without punity. Public actors and officials handed over or participated in the murder. Public factor showed and scared the slaves that this would happen if you disobeyed. Did nothing to stop whiote supremacist groups to stop violence. Southern states should have total autonomy over their law.