Colonial peoples suffered the same dehumanizing treatment as ancient slaves

Evidence

No human contact, but relations of domination and submission which turn the colonizing man into a class-room monitor, an army sergeant, a prison guard, a slave driver, and the indigenous man into an instrument of production. — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 52 (#expands, via linked claim)

The question of how the natives and nations of the New World should be treated in the evolving colonial system was directly linked to the question of what sort of people and societies they were—which in turn depended on the West’s knowledge of them, on how they were represented. Where did the Indians stand in the order of Creation? Where were their nations placed in the order of civilized societies? Were they “true men [sic]”? Were they made in God’s image? The point was vital because if they were “true men,” they could not be enslaved. The Greek philosophers argued that man (women rarely figured in these debates) was a special creation, endowed with the divine gift of reason; the Church taught that man was receptive to divine grace. Did the Indians’ way of life, their lack of “civilization,” mean that they were so low on the scale of humanity as to be incapable of reason and faith? — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 648 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial relations dehumanize colonizer and colonized alike — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 52; Colonial treatment of native peoples was justified by claims about their essential humanity — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 648; Colonial slavery and the Holocaust share racially evaporated death (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Colonial relations dehumanize colonizer and colonized alike #expands (0.90) — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 52
• Colonial treatment of native peoples was justified by claims about their essential humanity #contradicts (0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 648
• Colonial officials used language hierarchy to justify claims of Indigenous mental inferiority #exemplifies (0.80)
• Colonial slavery and the Holocaust share racially evaporated death #expands (0.75)
• Colonial rule systematically instills an inferiority complex in the colonized #expands (0.75) — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 59