Slavery And Citizen Frank Tannenbaum

Slave and Citizen Essay It is common knowledge that slavery was an immoral and corrupt practice that destroyed lives, families and cultures. However, author Frank Tannenbaum the culture of the slave masters dictated how well the slaves were treated. Tannenbaum attributes factors including religious views, cultural traditions and laws granting slaves protection the credit for the polarizing differences between slave holding societies. He argues that centuries of inhumane and brutal treatment coupled with the practice of “absolute slavery” made European countries incapable of accepting former slaves as citizens. For the U.S., this inability to accept people of African heritage as equals resulted in the Civil War, segregation, and the struggle