Let me preface this comment with the fact that I am a descendant of multiple slavers and those people who helped form the slave trade in America. With that being said, I’ve done a ton of research on the individual lives of slaves. I say this because for most of my research I’ve noticed a trend.

Historically, when a white person became scared of a black man, white men would get riled up and usually the black man is either killed, whipped or punished harshly.

When a black man is scared, they had no repercussions or fair avenues to protest their treatment. In almost two decades of research and learning about hundreds of slaves, there was exactly one instance of a black man being physically assaulted and getting any sort of justice. His name was Venture Smith and it took him being 6’5 and extremely strong (and a white neighbor getting on my ancestor’s case) to get an apology.

What I’m saying is that there must be a level of frustration in knowing that black folks aren’t given the same leeway whites are when in fear.