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- Since it was whites who enslaved blacks, whites fearing blacks should be contextualized and held with a high degree of skepticism. After all, blacks were the captives of whites for centuries. If one group should fear the other, the enslaved have a legitimate claim to the term.
- For example, to say “white planters feared Makandal, François” should be rephrased as “white planters supposedly feared Makandal, François’s and his falsely alleged poisoning regime.” (See Garrigus, John)