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1)Race = descent - different races have different levels of ability, intelligence, strength, morality, behavior, etc., because of "natural biological differences"
2)Whites - "socially superior" - entitled to privileges
-Ex. Bacon's rebellion - white rebels pardoned, black rebels 30 lashes
-Militias - landless whites - armed defenders of planters & "potential opportunity" vs. "any sudden eruption of Indians or insurrection of slaves."
3)African - "socially inferior" generalizations
-Curse theory - descendants of Ham, cursed son of Noah - a bad race morally, cannot be trusted
-Climate theory - dark skin result of extreme heat - "ugly", submissive yet dangerous
-Hierarchy theory - uncivilized, incapable of freedom or responsibility, too animalistic and unsophisticated, could never assimilate, to be normal, or to be civilized, ie. "White"
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Largest port city. 1775, the population had grown to 35,000. A city that large could support many doctors, lawyers, business owners, journalists, silversmiths and craftworkers. A city of many ethnic and religious groups. Also had a large growing black population, both free and enslaved. By the late 1700s, there was an increasing number of black professionals including doctors, teachers, clergymen, musicians, and business owners.
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