Analysis Of The Mudsill Theory

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According to the document, "The Mudsill Theory," "In all social systems, there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life."(Hammond) White Americans believed that there was a complete distinction between the races of them and of African Americans, which created the idea that African Americans were inferior to white Americans. Once African Americans were brought to the United States, they were considered the legal property of white Americans. Slaves became what African Americans were called. They were limited to the amount of freedom, and were to perform labor for hours, while obeying the commands of their masters. After reading the documents of pro-slavery, the pro-slavery supporter’s point of view was quite different. In their opinion, slavery wasn 't made based on white men putting themselves on a pedestal, yet they felt it was based on the will of God. According to the documents of slavery, it was God 's decision to appoint white men …show more content…

“They have only to be kept in the state and treated like children, with care, kindness, attention and humanity, to prevent and cure them from running away” (Cartwright)The masters felt that the only way they would be able to keep their slaves from running away was to continue to treat them as if they were kids. America decided that they would create the bubble. Inside of the bubble were slaves who were kept dumb to everything around them. However Outside of the bubble was basically the real world and all of its important values. Keeping them in this bubble prevented them from getting on the same levels as their master, and continuing to progress to become even smarter than them. It prevented them from looking for a world beyond those fields. Abolitionist, people who thought that slavery should be diminished, believed in the equality of all humans no matter the

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