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3. How did white people view formerly enslaved black people? How did white people view all black people regardless of their status as formerly enslaved or not? What kind of climate did this create for formerly enslaved black people?

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The correct answers to these open questions are the following.

Although there is no specific reference or context, we can say the following.

How did white people view formerly enslaved black people?

It all depends on what part of the United States we are talking about and the time. Is it in colonial American time? Is it in the previous years of the Civil War?

Let's say that in colonial American times, white people viewed black slaves as inferior people that came from a faraway and poor continent: Africa. White people thought that blacks only served as slaves and they treated like that, with no rights at all.

How did white people view all black people regardless of their status as formerly enslaved or not?

In general terms. white Europeans and white Americans viewed black people as inferiors. Everything they said and did, showed the belief that whites were superior in all aspects.

What kind of climate did this create for formerly enslaved black people?

A tense climate of superiority and mistreatment for black people that were only viewed as property, not as humans. Black slaves had to work for long hours in the farm fields, with minimum considerations.

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