Ironies Within the Treatment of Blacks and Native Americans in Early America

Colonial was a time in which all men were considered equal, except of course the Blacks, who were nothing more than slaves, and the Native Americans, who were seen as savage animals. Throughout many, if not most of the literature of early , this statement is reinforced time and time again. In some cases the minorities were completely ignored or mistreated, while in others the white man is shown to exhibit truly ironic behavior toward the oppressed people. Such behavior is very incongruous with the moral basis of the country in which "All men are created equal."