Alexis De Tocqueville's Virginian Luxuries

In the document “Virginian Luxuries, it is a story that revolves around deception and pure pretense. The slave owner took advantage of is power, by being able to do what he desire to one of his slaves. This is deception because the colored women slave did not have a choice, but to obey commands and comply. During the time period that this situation occurred, it was rather common, even if it meant discrete! Under many conditions this is not okay, and both parties should know where they stand. As a French aristocrat being in America for the first time, Alexis de Tocqueville was very much intrigued by the mixture of people, whereas where is he originally from is not as mixed as Amercia. The document states “The lot of the Negro is placed on