History of the United States I / Unit 12 USH1 1671 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Paternalism
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The idea
Southern White people justified slavery through paternalism, the false premise that slaveholders acted in the best interests of those they enslaved.
In practice
A claim the anchor rejects outright.
Where people slip
The anchor calls slavery a dehumanising, traumatising and horrifying human disaster and a crime against humanity, by any measure.
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