Suzanne plyssick of the racial equity institute, leading that anti racism workshop for adult professionals in charlotte. Some africans were free, some were indentured servants, same as the english colonists. Historians say indentured servants from europe outnumbeed those from africa in the colonies until the later 16 hundreds. How did it happen? We're goin to look at some of the key steps through a few noteworthy and revealing stories.
Chattel slavery in the United States, with its distinctive – and strikingly cruel – laws and structures, took shape over many decades in colonial America. The innovations that built American slavery are inseparable from the construction of Whiteness as we know it today. By John Biewen, with guest Chenjerai Kumanyika.
Key sources for this episode:
The Racial Equity Institute
Ibram Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning
Nell Irvin Painter, The History of White People