Free Joseph or subjugate him for Cotton's sake?.
Conflicting Anglo Puritan views on Slavery .
Perhaps the darkest days our nation has seen dates back to the age when Southern .
plantations were painted black with West Africans forcibly removed from their homes, .
subjugated to slavery courtesy of the tyrannical hands of Europeans looking to fatten .
their pockets. Puritanism was alive and well during these times, observing such an .
inhumane institution with a spectator's eye, passively commenting on slavery in the .
comforts of their homes. William Sewall and Cotton Mather were two Puritans who had .
fundamental differences in thought concerning slavery. One man, William Sewall, .
condemned slavery based on his belief that one must not enslave fellow human beings, .
brothers and sisters spawned from the "Offspring of GOD." (417)1 On the other hand, .
the more popular perspective came from Cotton Mather, a man who saw no.
immediate flaw in slavery and deemed black slaves "Negroes" of "the Blackest Instances .
of Blindness and Baseness." (441) Sewall's "The Selling of Joseph" compared to .
Mather's "The Negro Christianized" illustrate how distinct differences in thought can .
exist even in a highly prejudiced and exclusionary group like the Puritans.
White supremacy, or more specifically, Anglo supremacy infected the minds of .
the early English/European Americans who were responsible for the slaughter and .
decimation of indigenous Natives to these lands actualizing a holocaust on American soil. .
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1 This and all subsequent references to and quotations from "The Selling of Joseph," by William Sewall and "The Negro Christianized," by Cotton Mather can be found in The Heath Anthology of American Literature Vol. 1 3rd ed.,edited by Paul Lauter .
Helfrich 2.
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The same mind set rooted from a superiority complex later fueled the Triangle Trade and .
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Sundiata was very determined, humble and most of all courageous. ... No matter what the battle was Sundiata always stayed focused on his destiny. ... Sundiata displays courage when he led his army into the fight against Soumaoro. ... Sundiata tried to flee the battle. ... Sundiata's physical and mental strength made all of his courageous acts possible. ...
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