Introduction
In The Anxious World of the Slaveowning Patriarch and The Effects of Paternalism Among Whites and Blacks, written by Kathleen Brown and Philip Morgan respectively, it was put forward that the patriarchal authority was as a necessary element in maintaining the slavery institution. The patriarchal society was a tradition that was brought forth by the European colonizers, and this system has been the basis by which to impose the code of practice, not only in the family, but also in the societal, political and legal institutions in Virginia during that time. In her essay, Brown denotes that the master’ ...