The landowners were part of the Tidewater Elite and justified having indentured servants and slaves because they were of a lower social class and culture. ... This led to the use of indentured servants from England, which was not based on race but rather social status. ... Since much of England's population was lower class, plantation owners thought it was only right to contract these people as workers. ... The Africans were looked at as inferior to the English because they did not look the same or have the same religious or social beliefs of the English. ... The idea of social statu...

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Indentured servants were people who had signed a contract to work for several years to pay off their passages to the New World (Gundersen, J.R., 2014). In the movie Hester ask the auctioneer, "How many years did the servants have left on their contract?... This shows social part on religion because everyone else believed that one should live by the book, the Bible. Religion had a strong influence on the social and political life of the colonist. ... After church it was shown that the colonists gathered socially. ...

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With the famous phrase, "Man is born free; but everywhere he is in chains," Rousseau asserts that these "chains" are the constraints placed on the freedom of citizens in modern states. These modern states repress the physical freedom that is our birthright, and do nothing to secure the civil freedom...

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Lastly, the Aztecs possessed more of an independent common class, which was one of the most populace social classes, than the Incas. ... Not only was the Aztec government a simple system, but the social classes were simple as well. At the top of the social scale was the hereditary nobility. ... On top of a remarkable system of labor, the Aztecs had a way of giving the common social class a vast amount of independence. ... The women were allowed to own land and enter into contracts, unlike the women in the Incan society. ...

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The article a "New View of Reconstruction" by author Eric Foner exams and debunks the traditional bias interoperation of reconstruction prior to 1960's. The author clams in the first few paragraphs that the bias interoperation of reconstruction of Abraham Lincoln having a swift plan to reinstate so...

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African Americans have constantly been inflicted with the social status of their low income level in contrast with that of White Americans. ... However, there is a huge wealth gap in social status among blacks and whites; because of oppression, discrimination and racism toward the modern day contemporary black. ... Tiger Woods signed contracts with American Express, Nike, Buick and they all profited extremely well because of him. ...

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These changes affected the social, economic and political affairs of Britain. ... Anthony Bacon, a leading ironmonger, also made a fortune out of his artillery contracts with the British government. ...

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This became essential to the colonists because the whites could concentrate more on the social businesses, such as trading and politics, while the African slaves would tend fields. ... As the colony grew profitable due to the seven year of hard labour that servants have done, the contracts of the servants were concluded and the settlers were reluctant to lose their labourers. ...

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A factor that may not have been considered in the 1965 thesis was the fact that there was a nationwide deterioration of the family due to social factors, such as the Vietnam War. ... Furthermore, the householder may be providing in contract only; she signed the lease, deed or mortgage but does not live there and provide the everyday (other that pecuniary) support. ...

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