Race in the Americas

1. European settlements

1.1. Blacks

1.1.1. imported through slavery

1.1.2. lived under harsh conditions had no rights

1.1.3. haitian revolution

1.1.3.1. Civil war

1.1.3.1.1. slavery abolished

1.1.3.1.2. black codes

1.1.3.1.3. jim crow laws

1.1.3.2. inspired abolitionist

1.1.3.3. emphasized that slavery was inhumane and "hypocritical in a freest state"

1.2. European settlers

1.2.1. subordinate group

1.2.2. white supremacy

1.3. Indigenous/natives

1.3.1. were seen as beastly

2. Spanish settlements

2.1. Spanish settlers

2.1.1. enforced casta system which made them superior

2.2. natives/indigenous

2.2.1. given citizenship

2.2.2. abolished slavery

2.3. war of independence 1821

2.3.1. treaty of iguala

2.3.1.1. "Race could no longer be legally used to prevent indians, mestizos and free afromestizos from exercising citizenship"(P161)

2.3.1.1.1. gente de razon were now the superior group

2.3.1.1.2. based differences on cultural characteristics and religion

2.3.2. promoted immigration to the north

2.3.2.1. did bring slaves with them

2.3.2.1.1. debt peonage in order to keep slaves