Slaveholding demoralized planters while they feared their slaves

Evidence

Did any of the bystanders think of the pain that wrung the hearts of the Negro woman and her young ones? No, no! They weren’t all bad, I dare say, but slavery hardens white people’s hearts towards the blacks. — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 241 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial planters mistrusted their own armed subordinates during native threats; Slavery’s meaning was psychological subjugation beyond mere economic exploitation; Slave rebellion in Jamaica forced British abolition from above (+9 more)

Related

• Slavery hardened white people’s hearts to the pain of enslaved families (similarity 0.94)
• Slave rebellion in Jamaica forced British abolition from above (similarity 0.81)
• Slavery’s meaning was psychological subjugation beyond mere economic exploitation (similarity 0.78)
• Enslaved women limited their fertility to strike at the plantation system (similarity 0.78)
• Planters rewarded slave motherhood while punishing abortion as theft of property. (similarity 0.78)
• Slaveholders rejected Christian conversion for fear it would stir rebellion (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Slavery hardened white people’s hearts to the pain of enslaved families #expands (0.55) — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 241