From Racism to Slavery

Over the years, the issue of slavery had always been closely associated with the issue of racial prejudice. However, there have been wide dispute among historians about whether or not the racism and discrimination of African Americans were a precursor to their enslavement. This paper examines this concept and concludes that the enslavement of Africans was the result of years of racial prejudice and discrimination.
Historians have often questioned why slavery was so slow in appearing in the laws of the English colonies. Unlike their South American counterparts, who had already developed…