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I think Frederick Douglass’ experience exemplifies why whites were afraid of slaves gaining certain skills. Of course, whites were afraid of having their jobs taken by blacks, and the fact that Douglass was paid the highest wages given to the most experienced calkers after training supports this. However, it was more than just concern for jobs. Douglass touches on that when he writes that the more his condition was improved, the more his desire for freedom grew. By keeping slaves from acquiring trade skills, whites were not only able to protect their jobs, they were also protecting the system of white supremacy that way in place. –- Taylor Brann | I think Frederick Douglass’ experience exemplifies why whites were afraid of slaves gaining certain skills. Of course, whites were afraid of having their jobs taken by blacks, and the fact that Douglass was paid the highest wages given to the most experienced calkers after training supports this. However, it was more than just concern for jobs. Douglass touches on that when he writes that the more his condition was improved, the more his desire for freedom grew. By keeping slaves from acquiring trade skills, whites were not only able to protect their jobs, they were also protecting the system of white supremacy that way in place. –- Taylor Brann | ||
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| + | Beaten in a Baltimore Shipyard showed me that blacks were more skillful than the whites. The blacks were assigned to someone and had to listen to their every command. They were pulled in different directions to run small errands or just to give them a extra hand. I think the blacks were more skillful because they were like the "jack of all trades" when it came to building a ship. Even though they were assigned to someone, they still had to lend a hand elsewhere to someone who called upon them. -- Paul Kim | ||
== Judith McGaw, Gender and Papermaking == | == Judith McGaw, Gender and Papermaking == | ||
