Slave status marked whites so indelibly that even race could not absorb the stigma

Evidence

[T]he existence of white slaves in Brazil [w]as attested to in 1827 by a member of the national Chamber of Deputies. “It is a taint in the blood,” as [Robert] Walsh put it with Anglo-Saxon incredulity, “which no length of time, no change in relationship, no alteration of colour can obliterate.” — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 748

Categorization

• SHARE: Nerdy historical fact for anyone fixated on slavery-versus-race causation debates.
• XREF: connects to: Skin color alone marked chattel slaves regardless of other social position — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1134