Native Americans and the Black Slaves

Native Americans and the Black Slaves

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The strained relations between the Native Americans and the Black slaves were a key defining element that shaped how the two different sides interacted. The nation founders believed that there existed a great divide in terms of racial relations between the two groups. One of the key aspects of the relations between the Blacks and the Native Americans was the gap in terms of privileges and life status. The Blacks who were perceived the weaker side and often mistreated had little say in the running of affairs in the way the two groups related. The relations were also strained in terms of economic and social privileges where the Native Americans had an upper hand in all aspects of life. The Black slaves were pushed to the wall and thus had little influence on how the society was run. These negative aspects of racial relations strained the ties between the two sides and thus caused a negative environment that would often spark racial conflicts. The Native Americans were also influential in most matters that denied the black slaves the right to express their say and thus poor relations.

The Black salves who were a great pillar in the economy of America by 1850 had a role to play in shaping the agriculture and industrial growth mainly in the South (Berlin, 2017). The native Americas who by this time had a strong influence on how the economic affairs were run ensured that the Black slaves remain under their influence. The racial relations between the Blacks slaves and the Native Americans were already strained and thus the founders justified on the aspect of the social status. The Black slaves were by this time seen as an asset to the economic affairs of the Native Americans (Miles, 2015). It is through these strained relations that the founders laid down the rules and laws that even intensified the relations between the two sides. Another aspect of the relations as noted in the governance and local laws was where the Native Americans had the higher privileges in running the affairs of the society.

The Blacks had been subjected to the forced labor and had fewer privileges and this affected the way they related and interacted with the Native Americans. Another outlook into the societal matters that affected the relations was the inclined belief that the Black slaves were an inferior race and this affected how they related with the Blacks (Miles, 2015). However, because Native American labor had been essential to all of the economic activities going on during this first generation of colonialism, it was unthinkable for the European colonists to do without native slaves. With the pivotal roles plated by the Black Slaves, the unfolding events that surrounded their relations with the Native Americans were kept at bay in the governing and law making in America. The founders thus laid always and made social rearrangements based on the dominance of the Native Americans and the perceived relations between the two sides (Berlin, 2017). Another outlook on how the founders reasoned when laying the ground work in frameworks of law making and governance was seen in the social, political, and economic roles played by the Native Americans mainly in the South.

The founders also based their views on the racial relations between the Native Americans and the Black slaves on the social students that had been adopted before and during the slavery. One of the defining elements of tense relations was based on what each side believed and did to claim their social status in the society (Berlin, 2017). The Black slaves were by far left behind the social and political developments that gave them little infeluce on matters at hand. The key aspects of these relations were the basis upon which the founders perceived and made key governance frameworks on that have a huge impact for many decades. The American history shows that the racial relations between the Black slave and the Native Americans were a key factor in shaping the social, political, and economic spheres of the country for many decades (Miles, 2015). The effects of these relations even affected how different races like the native Indians and the Whites related on many fronts.

The various scopes and inclusive values that were rooted in the social and political had a huge influence on the founders’ views. The native Americans were also driven by the social and racial gaps that existed where they capitalized on these values and differences (Miles, 2015). Another outlook into the societal matters that affected the relations was the inclined belief that the Black slaves were an inferior race and this affected how they related with the Blacks. However, because Native American labor had been essential to all of the economic activities going on during this first generation of colonialism, it was unthinkable for the European colonists to do without native slaves. The founders also perceived that the gaps and roles played by each race was far more different thus this was used in laying governance and political policies (Berlin, 2017). The issue eve affected how the two sides related on a different angle that was found to have great values and impacts on the way the racial matters were addressed.

References

Berlin, I. (2017). From creole to African: Atlantic creoles and the origins of African-American society in mainland North America. In Critical Readings on Global Slavery (4 vols.) (pp. 1216-1262). Brill.

Miles, T. (2015). Ties that bind: The story of an Afro-Cherokee family in slavery and freedom (Vol. 14). Univ of California Press.