Miscegenation in America The White Man's Burden in the Slavery Period

Abstract

Miscegenation is a term especially referring to the racial mixture between White and Black Americans. This unique intermixture was widespread in the slavery period despite strong social resistance. This paper explores why White reactions to miscegenation had been consistently negative while they contributed greatly to the growth of the white-black mixture during the period. This paper focuses on the White man's mind : his contradictions and sufferings concerning the intermixture and helps to explain the White man's real feelings concealed under his rationalizations about anti-miscegenation.