Question

3. What accounts for the intensity of white race prejudice in the years after slavery's end?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.  Fear of Blacks or former slaves' actions against their White masters

2.  The desire of White to maintain the state of established inequality.

Explanation:

1. Fear of Blacks or former slaves' actions against their White masters: with what happened during Haiti revolution between 1791 and 1804, which led to the massacre of whites. The Whites in Southern United States feared that after slavery, Blacks could rise up against them. Thereby, in their attempt to subjugate the Blacks, they resulted to White Prejudice.

2. The desire of White to maintain the state of established inequality: also knowing fully well that former slaves could challenge the Whites for jobs and trading activities due to many Blacks having the ability to work with dexterity. The White increased their efforts on the intensity of their race-prejudice to keep the blacks frightened and subjugated