MISCEGENATION AND ITS IRONY

Miscegenation and its irony



Miscegenation and its irony

The indentured servants also forged close ties with each other because each race has suffered the same oppression. Incredible as it may seem today, racism based on color was rare. Black and white indentured servants were subject to the same indignity by the colonial ruling class. Only the class racism existed, the nobles against the peasants. The nobles were the planters and farmers were indentured servants. No real middle class existed to bridge the gap between the two extremes. The colony has three roles in the economy of England: they were ...