Proslavery is a philosophy that sees slavery to be a constructive or rather a good thing. Aristotle in his book of politics declared that some communities were ordinarily slaves. Hence it was in the top interests of these individuals to be enslaved. The authors of pro-slavery justify slavery by arguing that Slavery was better for the slaves because their masters took on the trouble of taking care of their wellbeing, they would be provided with food, clothes and even offered religious teachings. They further say that Slavery was the core reason for the prosperity of the nations as it was one of the major exports of U.S. in those eras. According to proslavery authors, the slave's position in the society was of the lower social standards being treated as a commodity which was bought and even sold as well as doing odd jobs like domestic servants, seamstress, etc. A decidedly smaller percentage would work as laborer’s or carpenters, masons, or blacksmiths. It was hard to find a slave who would work in a mill or factory. The majority of slaves would be field hands, picking of cotton, planting, and harvesting of rice, tobacco, also sugar cane. …show more content…
It is a fruit most associated with the 19th and 20th century which depicts blacks as lazy people. Whenever a slave would be seen eating watermelon, he would be perceived as a lazy person while it would be very typical for a white to do so. The unwanted leftovers of the ranch animals, like the intestines and of pigs, were related to the slave diet. Watermelon’s role in racism is well documented. Ever since the initial time of farm slavery, the drawing of a dark-skinned black kid, with his very red lips, which shows such a very gross situation as they open wide to munch on watermelon, was the peak of racism's diet. With time, the fruit became an icon of the unfair criticism of black