Reading this excerpt made me question who gave permission to the white men to do what they did. The white men ordered slaves, took advantage of the illiterate people, raped woman, and then took no responsibility for the children. America is the land of freedom, yet whoever came here was never free. This dates back to when Christopher Columbus and his people came in and enslaved the Indians who had been here way longer. Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers who wrote the declaration of independence, was a slave owner himself.
Religion plays a big role in this. The white men felt that it was there religious duty to "tame the savage people and bring them civilization."[pg3,4] Being Christian, this kind of annoyed me because this act goes against the religion and gives it a bad reputation. A lot of Atheist today are Atheist because of history. They see how "religion" influenced societies to do bad things and they don't agree. If a slave came over as a Christian, they would be a slave for seven years and were given their independence but if a slave wasn't religious, they were enslaved for life. Its just sad because this is how America really used to be.
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