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Slavery mindmap - Coggle Diagram
Slavery mindmap
Racism caused by slavery
The origin of racism
Slavery conflicted with the idea of liberty
Social darwinism
Created the idea of superiority between races
Race invented to justify forced labour and slavery
Wanted to prevent lower class whites and slaves from rebelling together
Created social divide
Segregation
Separated under the guise of 'equal but separate'
African slaves used as it was more profitable
Racism
Belief that people of colour(as many people of colour were slaves) were inferior
After civil war and reconstruction
Lasting negative view of people of colour
Slave culture
Music and dance
Use of drum and banjo
Call and response style
When slaves from many different places were put on the same plantation, often a creole language was formed
Religion
Vodoo
Herbal medicine
Oral traditions used to preserve history
Storytelling, prayers and folklore
Stories passed through music
How slaves were assimilated
They were not allowed to form large communitites
Not allowed to read or write
Converted from previous religion to Christianity
Incorporating African traditions into worship patterns
Shouting or dancing during worship
Families often separated on different plantations
Slave marriages not recognised legally
Slaves treated badly
Often viewed as property or inferior