Question

Taylor asserts that one of the benefits of North American racial slavery for the enslavers and the ruling class is that it deflected potential class tensions among White men.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

Taylor's assertion that one of the benefits of racial slavery for the enslavers and ruling class was the reduction of class tensions among White men is true. Slavery united Whites across class lines through a shared sense of racial superiority.

Step-by-step explanation:

Taylor's assertion that North American racial slavery was beneficial to enslavers and the ruling class because it deflected potential class tensions among White men is true. Despite the inequality in wealth, both non-slaveholding and slaveholding White people shared a belief in White supremacy, which acted as a social bond.

Slavery created a unified White identity that stood in contrast to the enslaved African Americans, and this was a significant factor in reducing class tensions. Furthermore, the elite used the institution of slavery to ensure that even the poorest White men felt a sense of superiority and common cause with the wealthy leading to the acceptance of the rule by plantation owners.