Image of humanity in the time of slavery
How could a civilized society accept and support slavery? Which image of humanity (=Menschenbild) existed at that time?
The white people’s opinion was that the black were less worth than them and that they were “subhuman beings”. The education level of the blacks was much lower because they often had not the chance to go to school. Already as children they had to work on fields. An other aspect were the cheap workers which had to serve all the time. Also the blacks belong to the whites, they had no rights and weren’t free so it was easy to deal with them.
The image of humanity was that the whites were better and the blacks were like animals.
Irina und Julia
