Not only did the colonial state provide a simpler way of understanding identity, the colonial state provided religion and schooling systems in order to conduct the behavior of the colonized subjects. ... In the light of this, African customs, religion, language, heritage and way of life was discouraged. ... " 4 It is clear to see the Colonial thinking of superiority and dominance in the name of religion. ... Racist Ideas In the past, the English had equated blackness with death and evil with their interactions of diseases and biblical writings. ... Evidence which was illustrated prev...

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Though he was in England at the time of writing, his preoccupation with the colonies image poses more of an issue. ... As an ambitious planter, Beverley deplored the "heavy impositions "2 put upon colonists by the English crown and used outspoken Americanism to celebrate Virginia's quality of governance in rebuke. ... This source however is in relation to Jews and them using those of different religions as their slaves as their non-adherence to Judaism evidenced their inferiority, rather than a racial motivation so has questionable direct application. ...

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