Learning Objectives
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Explain the two themes stated at the beginning of the chapter.
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Explain the political, economic, and social forces that led to the creation of slavery in British America.
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Explain the importance of the contact situation and the relevance of the Noel and Blauner hypotheses for the development of slavery in colonial America.
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Apply the concepts of paternalism, power, inequality,discrimination, prejudice and racism, and assimilation to the American system of slavery.
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Explain the dynamics of gender relations under American slavery.
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Apply the Noel and Blauner hypotheses and other concepts to the creation of minority-group status for American Indians and Mexican Americans.
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Compare and contrast the three contact situations analyzed in this chapter. How do they differ? What are the implications of these different contact situations for relations in the present?