Slavery and Racism A slave is a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another. Slavery can be defined as the condition of a slave; the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution; a state of subjection. Racism can be defined as a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, involving the idea that one’s own race is superior. These terms …showed first 75 words of 745 total…

…showed last 75 words of 745 total…own helplessness and dependence. Besides teaching a slave to despise his own history and culture, the master strove to inculcate his own value system into the African’s outlook. The white man’s belief in the African’s inferiority paralleled African self-hate. - 1641 – Massachusetts legalized slavery. - 1662 – Virginia passes a law stating Africans would remain Servants for life. - 1663 – Maryland passes law stipulating that all imported blacks are to be given the status of slaves.