Negro Slaves Quotes
The perception of the necessity of slavery was evident very early in the South.
Miscegenation was very common between Blacks and whites throughout American history. Even though it was a taboo subject in “polite society” white women marrying or cohabiting with Negro men was so common in Colonial America that the State of Maryland had to pass a law making the children slaves to further discourage the white women. This violated the long held tradition that the slave status of children followed the status of the mothers. The law backfired as Maryland colonists encouraged their white female indentured servants to interbreed with Black slaves so that the children would also become their property as slaves as even slave children were very valuable. The law was then repealed after only 20 years.
This law is meant to curb the The meetings were parties and other forms of recreation.
Contrast this view with that of Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
This historical quotation enables us to date the importation of slaves into Massachusetts to as early as 1638. It also shows us that even though the Spanish had enslaved Negroes from Africa, when English ships raided Spanish ships and seized their booty, they considered the slaves as property and took them to then sell for the money. Had they had a different point of view, they might have freed the Back slaves who had been captured by their enemy, the Spanish. But they did not and money and money was the major motivation.
