How Does Slavery Cause Racism

In the late 17th century, the slave treatment degraded to the lowest level of brutality, and African Americans became associated with savagery, demonism, ignorance and primitiveness. Thus, began racism. And yet, slavery did not cause racism . It was simply the foundation of the social construct. Profit wasn’t just made from the cotton plantations, slavery built industries that dominate the economy such as: real estate, insurance, and finance. Slaves built Wall Street both figuratively and literally, building the northern boundary of the Dutch colony to keep Native Americans out, and in turn, New York officials monopolized the slave market on Wall Street.