SOCB30H3 Midterm: The Colour of Money
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Race, class and unfree labor in the rise of capitalism. Irish experience provides important confirmation of pioneering argument by. Trinidadian historian eric williams: slavery must be understood principals as economic institution out of which racism grows. Slavery in caribbean too narrowly identified w the negro. Racial twist thereby given to what is an economic phenomenon. Slavery wasn(cid:495)t born of racism; racism was born of slavery. Unfree labor in new world was brown, white, black and yellow; catholic, protestant and pagan: incomplete in some respect, still contains a profound truth: Unfree labor in americas wasn(cid:495)t initially based upon race. Bc of ability to resist or bc of catastrophic disappearance due foundation for new world labor to disease & murder: planters turned to europe for bonded for indentured laborers periods of time (5-7 yrs) Bonded laborers obliged to work for a master for defined. Legal status didn(cid:495)t differ considerably from black slaves. Couldn(cid:495)t marry w/o permission & could be sold, put up.
