12 Years A Slave: Past And Present
Mellen observes, “Washington considered Africans and African Americans to be inferior human beings, ignorant, careless, deceitful, and without conscience” (Mellen). Mellen stated that George Washington, the first president of the United States of America, views African Americans nowhere near to a human being and encouraged slavery. Racism rose from the founding of United States until now although slavery was the main controversy at Washington’s time due to the cruelty that lingers on the slavery foundation in America. Mellen observes, “the evils of slavery and of black people treated as property and less than human” (Mellen). According to Mellen, African American were treated harsh and inhumanely without mercy suffering from trauma and physical and mental bruises. As a result of the treatment they received, it became nuisance to others that some established a rebellion group to abolish slavery in