AFROAMER 271 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1 - 3: Gomes Eanes De Zurara, Richard Mather, Saqaliba
20 Feb 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
John cotton and richard mather decided to articulate the new england way. Penned the colonies" first adult and children"s book. The first ivy league schools regarded greek and latin literature as universal truths. Aristotle"s philosophy led puritans to believe in human hierarchy. Puritans thought themselves to be better than all non-puritans. Greeks had labeled africans as burnt and ugly to justify slaveholding. Aristotle thought greeks to be the master, all others to be barbarian and obeyers. St. paul introduced three tiered hierarchy of slave relations. Afroam271 - stamped from the beginning - ch. Puritan minister richard mather faced 15 years of british persecution before coming to. Puritans believed themselves to be god"s chosen humans -- superior and special. Ethnic, religious, and color prejudice existed in the ancient world but construction of races -- black africa, white europe -- did not so racist ideas did not. John cotton adopted british policies of slavery in 1636.
