It actually goes back much further than Reconstruction. The deliberate sowing of animosity between Black and white Americans goes back to Bacon’s Rebellion in 17th century Virginia, when dissatisfied white indentured servants and Black enslaved people rebelled against the royal governor of Virginia, William Berkeley. After Bacon’s Rebell…
It actually goes back much further than Reconstruction. The deliberate sowing of animosity between Black and white Americans goes back to Bacon’s Rebellion in 17th century Virginia, when dissatisfied white indentured servants and Black enslaved people rebelled against the royal governor of Virginia, William Berkeley. After Bacon’s Rebellion was suppressed, Virginia enacted its first Black Codes to regulate the conduct of Black enslaved people and to encourage white people to buy into racism.
Yep-and they codified it into law. The major items were stricter punishment for Black people, no interracial marriages, and Black people would be slaves for life while White people would serve their indentured time and then be given severance to start their lives. Racism is deeply embedded in America as you point out so well.
It actually goes back much further than Reconstruction. The deliberate sowing of animosity between Black and white Americans goes back to Bacon’s Rebellion in 17th century Virginia, when dissatisfied white indentured servants and Black enslaved people rebelled against the royal governor of Virginia, William Berkeley. After Bacon’s Rebellion was suppressed, Virginia enacted its first Black Codes to regulate the conduct of Black enslaved people and to encourage white people to buy into racism.
Yep-and they codified it into law. The major items were stricter punishment for Black people, no interracial marriages, and Black people would be slaves for life while White people would serve their indentured time and then be given severance to start their lives. Racism is deeply embedded in America as you point out so well.
Interesting etiology there.