Fear of slave insurrection produced barbarous colonial legislation.

Evidence

In early days in the colonies, when fear of servile insurrection was widespread, some of the local legislation regarding Negro slaves was very barbarous.” — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1921

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rumors of British emancipation bills inflamed white colonists’ fear for slave property — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 99; Colonial violence was driven by officials’ fantasies and anticipatory fears.; Fear of Haitian-style revolt drove repressive new American slavery laws. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 367 (+7 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Rumors of British emancipation bills inflamed white colonists’ fear for slave property — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 99; Colonial violence was driven by officials’ fantasies and anticipatory fears.; Fear of Haitian-style revolt drove repressive new American slavery laws. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 367 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Fear of rebellion produced harsher Black codes rather than emancipation #corroborates (0.93) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 401
• Economic labor demand overrode colonial fears of Black rebellion in the Caribbean. #complicates (0.78) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 638