Thomas Hobbes Beliefs’ dominated the middle passage and the Atlantic slave trade. It clearly demonstrated his social contract with clear and real examples from that time. He beliefs that in the perfect nature, humans are animals, and we live in the state of war.
In the autobiography by Olaudah Equiano, it wrote, ”When he was about ten years old, he was kidnapped by Africans known as Aros and sold into slavery. After being sold multiple times, he was purchased by Europeans who shipped him to Barbados and then to Virginia.” (Equiano) That statement perfectly shows that before the Atlantic Slave Trade, the idea and usage of slaves is already present, it is in use well before Columbus even discovered America; It was in our nature at the dawn of civilization. Hobbes states that in the world, every men and against every men, this example fits in the belief almost indefinitely.
According to Ted-Ed, The African Nations agreed to sell slaves to the Europeans in exchange of better …show more content…
They were outnumbered, and while, with superior firearms, they could massacre Indians, they would face massacre in return.... Black slaves were the answer.” (Zinn) The writing states that the Virginians needed labor and couldn’t enslave the Indians, and turned to the idea of enslaving black people. This isn’t racism, this is selfish humans looking for the cheapest labor; Looking for the weakest civilization to turn into a money making nation for themselves. Racism isn’t natural, slavery is. Racism is based on slavery, when a generation of people sees a group of people that is socially lower than themselves, all of a sudden, Racism is born. Hobbes believes that government is made to control people, and he’s right. The European governments controlled the slaves, erasing their own beliefs and planting new beliefs that suited the nation, and changed the courses of
In the autobiography by Olaudah Equiano, it wrote, ”When he was about ten years old, he was kidnapped by Africans known as Aros and sold into slavery. After being sold multiple times, he was purchased by Europeans who shipped him to Barbados and then to Virginia.” (Equiano) That statement perfectly shows that before the Atlantic Slave Trade, the idea and usage of slaves is already present, it is in use well before Columbus even discovered America; It was in our nature at the dawn of civilization. Hobbes states that in the world, every men and against every men, this example fits in the belief almost indefinitely.
According to Ted-Ed, The African Nations agreed to sell slaves to the Europeans in exchange of better …show more content…
They were outnumbered, and while, with superior firearms, they could massacre Indians, they would face massacre in return.... Black slaves were the answer.” (Zinn) The writing states that the Virginians needed labor and couldn’t enslave the Indians, and turned to the idea of enslaving black people. This isn’t racism, this is selfish humans looking for the cheapest labor; Looking for the weakest civilization to turn into a money making nation for themselves. Racism isn’t natural, slavery is. Racism is based on slavery, when a generation of people sees a group of people that is socially lower than themselves, all of a sudden, Racism is born. Hobbes believes that government is made to control people, and he’s right. The European governments controlled the slaves, erasing their own beliefs and planting new beliefs that suited the nation, and changed the courses of