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The Jezebel: A Slave Society

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1. Slave Society is any society where slavery was practiced. It is a society where slavery affects everything, which means it stood at the center of the economic production, and the master- slave relationship provided a model for all social relations. The south benefits from being a slave society because it boosted its economy. This can be seen where the idea of more slaves was equivalent to an increase in cotton production and their prices rose accordingly.
The Jezebel was a stereotype for black women during slavery. This cast enslaved women as exceptionally lascivious, promiscuous and completely outside the boundary of respectability. This myth is used to excuse the slave masters’ abuse of their slaves.
Racial Formation refers to the process
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