Summary

Paul Jairam
ENG 103
Skill Practice

Slave and citizen is a predominant book centered entirely around “Negro’s” in their time of slavery. Throughout the entire book there are many points that are established and discussed which expose, as well as share the major reason to the book and the adventure self. The major points elaborate on how the foundation of what slavery was built on is transformed into, in many regions of the world. Being shown the difference in America’s practice of slavery versus other regions makes you think how sociopathic can one region be because of a self-established hatred as well as self-established racial superiority.

In Brazil, slavery was strong however not as gruesome as other regions. I’d like to say because of the religious morality that the Portuguese followed and embraced is why they weren’t as harsh on slaves as to America was. In the passage written by Frank Tannenbaum, he tells the grave story of the negligence that “negro’s” faced day in day out during slavery. Majorly he directs mainly on the geographic changes with slavery. “A barrier has been drawn against the negro”, Tannenbaum says which is entirely true. He also admits to a sad fact of how “negro’s” are “denied moral competence to become a man”, which is caste over in America. Everything that has happened within those times have built history into what it is today, a gruesome line of past times.

Dating back to the collaboration of society, all of this played necessary in building the "New Worlds”. Nevertheless the terms and conditions can’t even be conditioned as far as this detailed history goes. Main point highlighted again, the afterlife of the “negro’s” who serve inevitable life to establish others are frowned upon and shunned as if it wasn’t good enough, therefore making life for their kind as well as other “colored” people an eluding road.