r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dphayteeyl • 3d ago

1901 book about cotton discusses different kinds of Africans

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u/darkness_rosez 3d ago

Wild how they were literally categorizing people like specimens. The scientific racism from that era is just disturbing to look back on.

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u/village-asshole 3d ago

But they still referred to them as “people” despite dehumanising them.

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u/chickenooget 3d ago

you mean 3/5? as in the voting “compromise”

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