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How did Enlightenment ideology affect African Americans and the institution of slavery? (I've answered the question and explained some of the background information, trying to make it easy to understand. My explanation is about 5 paragraphs long, and I've also included some links that may be helpful.)
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Explanation of how Enlightenment ideology impacted the institution of slavery, and African Americans in particular.
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The Age of Enlightenment was also called the Age of Reason, and the basic idea was that it was an intellectual revolution. Immanuel Kant defined this ideology as "... the bringing of light into the dark corners of the mind." They had a lot of confidence in reason, which they believed could win against society's abuses. Some famous enlightenment thinkers included John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu and Jean Jacque Rousseau. In "Two Treatises of Government," John Lock wrote of "natural rights and liberty for the people." The idea that all ...
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