What does the case of “Susan Black” illustrate regarding sexual slavery?
-It proves that sexual access was a “perk” of ownership.
-It demonstrates that enslaved women were viewed as property with no legal right to refuse advances
-the “institution” of slavery was built on the total physical control of women.
Were mulatto children generally treated better than Black children Legally?
Why or why not?
Generally no.
-Legally, they remained enslaved (following the mother’s status).
Were mulatto children generally treated better than Black children Socially?
Why or why not?
-Socially, they were often treated worse by the master’s white wife, who viewed them as living evidence of her husband’s infidelity.
-Masters often sold their own mixed-race children to avoid domestic conflict.
What is the definition of a “mulatto” in the context of racial slavery?
A person of mixed white and Black ancestry.
From what type of relationships did most mulatto children originate?
Most were the result of coerced sexual encounters or systemic rape of enslaved women by white masters, overseers, or the masters’ sons.
How did the sexual violation of enslaved women by white men affect the “manhood” of enslaved men?
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-Because “manhood” was defined by the ability to protect one’s family, the forced position of being a “helpless witness” to rape stripped Black men of their traditional role as protectors.
Who were the “patter-rollers” and what was their role in this dynamic?
They were white slave patrols who monitored the movements of enslaved people.
-They were responsible for diminished manliness by constantly invading the privacy of slave quarters and using sexual intimidation/violence to prove that Black men had no power or “sacred” domestic space.
What was the human hierarchy?
Rich white protestant men at top, everyone else below
What was the perception of white people and why
civilized and rational because they were born that way
What was the perception of nonwhite men?
savage, sensual, and animalistic
What word was used to justify control of nonwhite female sexuality?
Immorality
What indigenous practices did the whites condemn?
polygamy, transgenderism
How were Indigenous woman considered and what was their new name?
Overtly sexual, “squaw whore”
What did protestant missionaries try to do regarding catholic peoples?
Tried to americanize the,
What was a “free union”?
when a man and a woman are not technically married but live together and have children
How were children of free unions considered?
Illigitamate (BASTARDSSSS)
Who migrated to the west and why
Chinese men and families bc of gold rush
What did white people not like about chinese people
they were polygamous
Who was the only group that consistantly resisted white washing
Native people
What happened to indigenous people due to their refusal
-Adults were harder to whitewash so they put them on reservations
-sent children to native boarding schools in the east
What did “americanization” look like?
cut hair, uniforms, had to speak english, convert to Protestantism
What was the purpose of restrictions?
To maintain human hierarchy (CONTROL!)
How was the sexual freedom of rich white men in the south?
Very little restraint
-Loyal to wives but could have sex with woman lower on the hierarchy
How was the sexual freedom of rich white women in the south?
little sexual freedom
-virgins until marriage
-only have sex with husbands
-considered “morally weak”
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Columbus Meets Pocahontas in the American South19
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Interracial Unions in French Louisiana12
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Father Lafitau & the Iroquois2
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Baron & Hurons7
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Fr. Jayme & Spanish Colonial Sexual Violence3
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Native Peoples of North Carolina7
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Module 2 essays54
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Module 3 essays64
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Module 453
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Module 5 essays56
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Module 6 Essays48
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