Historian Mia Bay says that "part of where the idea of race comes from [is] in the tendency for people to see existing power rel
ationships as having some sort of natural quality to them." What does she mean? Why would people of European descent in the late 1600s begin to believe that people of African descent were naturally or biologically inferior to them? What role might economics have played in encouraging this belief? What role might have been played by the insecurity some felt about their social status?
European descent in the late 1600s believed the Africans as inferior based on their race and colour. Europe saw them as fit to do manual work for Europeans. African descent was physically different from Europeans. Africans had a strong body structure which allowed them to work in fields for long hours.
The beginning of the plantation in America changed the structure of the trade and expansion. The Sugar plantation changed colonial societies as the economy based on slaves came into existence. Slavery increased overall elasticity in labour. It was also more productive and made labour a capital asset.
The insecurity some felt about their social status when slaves were put in the lowest class and were forced to work as labour. They were considered as the property of their masters.
Outside groups who are not part of society often brings with
them that is not found there. When they interact with society impart some of
their culture upon making contact such beliefs, customs among others. The
influence becomes stronger when that group assimilates with that society.
Two major group of mountains found in Italy were very important on the development of ancient Rome. The Alps, Europe's highest mountains, separated the Italian peninsula from the rest of the continent. ... These two groups of mountains helped to protect Rome from outside attacks. The seven hills protected Rome.
The United States' total cotton output tripled between 1816 and 1826. Cotton continued to rise in value as the nation's primary export, and by 1836, would make up two-thirds of all American exports in terms of value.
