Slavery has existed for most, if not all of human history. Throughout this history, philosophers like Aristotle justified this status quo. Aristotle used the “natural slave theory”, which simply states that there are two types of people “civilized and uncivilized… people born to rule or to be ruled” (Watenpaugh, 2015) and that the natural slave is the uncivilized person and those born to be ruled. This theory however, never mentioned race or skin color as a basis for enslaving a human being. (Watenpaugh, 2015) Many years after Aristotle’s time his “natural slave theory” was used to maintain the status quo. Enslavement in the new world started with the native population and the enslavement of these native people ended when the “Spaniards altered
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France was a country who refused to submit to the British abolition of slavery which led to their competition over the Atlantic. During the continued slave trade after the European abolition of slavery, many slave ships were captured, one of these being the Neirsée. The slavers on this ship had exerted their power over Africans and forced them into slavery; thus making them victims of a human wrong. These slavers were agents for the status quo that was institutionalized since before the days of …show more content…
At this time, slavers who had become powerless sought a chance to become agents once again. “The slavers overpowered the prize crew, regained control of the ship and steered a course to the Caribbean.”(Blaufarb, ) After the power shifted, slavers dehumanized the enslaved humans forcefully making them dance, while others were forced to clean up the filth in the hold and then they were all forced into the hold again. (Blaufarb, )The slavers exerted their power over the Africans, the Krumen and Sierra Leoneans and forced all of them into slavery, putting them in a position of victimhood.
The slavers sold the passengers of the Neirsée in French Guadaloupe. As they were being sold some took action to protect their identity by saying thinks like,” You have no right to sell us. We’re free men… We are English and Free” (Blaufarb, ) By taking on the role of an agent they slowed the sales and led slave buyers to say “they’re not exactly what I was looking
France was a country who refused to submit to the British abolition of slavery which led to their competition over the Atlantic. During the continued slave trade after the European abolition of slavery, many slave ships were captured, one of these being the Neirsée. The slavers on this ship had exerted their power over Africans and forced them into slavery; thus making them victims of a human wrong. These slavers were agents for the status quo that was institutionalized since before the days of …show more content…
At this time, slavers who had become powerless sought a chance to become agents once again. “The slavers overpowered the prize crew, regained control of the ship and steered a course to the Caribbean.”(Blaufarb, ) After the power shifted, slavers dehumanized the enslaved humans forcefully making them dance, while others were forced to clean up the filth in the hold and then they were all forced into the hold again. (Blaufarb, )The slavers exerted their power over the Africans, the Krumen and Sierra Leoneans and forced all of them into slavery, putting them in a position of victimhood.
The slavers sold the passengers of the Neirsée in French Guadaloupe. As they were being sold some took action to protect their identity by saying thinks like,” You have no right to sell us. We’re free men… We are English and Free” (Blaufarb, ) By taking on the role of an agent they slowed the sales and led slave buyers to say “they’re not exactly what I was looking