一、引言黑人并非从一来到美国就成为奴隶的,美国南方各州的土地政策允许种植园主拥有大量土地,而南方的土壤和气候条件适合大宗农作物生产,如甘蔗、棉花及大豆等,这使得南方种植园急需劳动力。而当时的黑人在南方地位低下,正是这种劳动力的理想人选。为了使种植园经济能得以谋求和维持巨大的财富 I. INTRODUCTION Blacks do not become slaves as soon as they come to the United States. Land policies in the southern states of the United States allow large numbers of land for plantation owners, while the soil and climatic conditions in the South are suitable for bulk crop production such as sugar cane, cotton and soybeans South plantations urgently needed labor. At that time, the low status of blacks in the south was the ideal candidate for such workforce. In order to make the plantation economy can seek and maintain huge wealth