The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of a Slave was a document that was presented by a white slave owner William Lynch on the bank of the James River in 1712. This document was written to establish how they can keep the African Slaves enslaved for at least 300 years. William Lynch had foolproof plan to keep the Africans in what we call today the “slave mentality”. His main goal was to turn the slaves against one another. Even today the powerful speech still enslaves black people and turns us against our brothers and sisters On page 8 of the document he states “I have outlined a number of differences among the slaves, and make them bigger. I use FEAR, DISTRUST, and ENVY for control purposes” Willie Lynch use these methods to make blacks hate blacks and he turned them against one another. He made the black women distrust the black man and the black man distrust the black women. He made the house slaves distrust the field slave and vice versa. In principles for making a Negro it was states “Take the stud horse, break him for limited containment. Completely break the female horse until she becomes very gentle, whereas you or anybody can ride her in her comfort. Breed the mare and the stud until you have the desired offspring. Then, you can turn the stud to freedom until you need him again.” This is one of the methods used to turn the woman against the male. In this quote he refers to the breaking process for horses. This process was also used on the slaves to make the woman have an independent mentality. Since the woman is independent she trains her female offspring to become psychologically independent also. This is a form of reverse nature. The woman becomes the head of the household while she trains the male offspring are trained to be dependant and have a weak mind state but physically strong. The man impregnates the woman, walks out on her, and the woman is forced to raise the family on her own.
The independent mentality the women took up