A Changing View of Slavery

The institution of slavery in the seventeenth-century had evolved into a whole new attitude by the nineteenth-century. A time where one's economic standing marked their place in society had long since been forgotten as the nineteenth-century began to give a new meaning to slave ideology. Racism became more of a determining factor in a slaves life as the nineteenth-century progressed and slaves were treated more unfairly in all aspects of life. As far as legal standings go, slaves during the 1700's were given consideration in the court of law, as opposed to the 1800's where a slave did not…