Travel by Europeans had a great impact on the lauching of scientific Revolution, because discoveries made by explorers and travellers showed that accepted ideas could be wrong and this led to the inevitable reconsideration of some beliefs and stereotypes, and, above all, to progress in all spheres of life and finally, to Scientific Revolution.
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As an intimidation tactic.
Think about it:
If black kids are beaten up for going to school, will they even want to go to school?
If a black man was going to go vote, but the night before, the local sheriff came by and told him he'd "cause trouble" for him and his family if he votes, will he still want to vote?
Basically, violence was used to scare black people into obeying.