" also prohibited slaves from owning guns.White slave owners implemented these codes out of the fear of a slave revolt. In my opinion, such behavior-controlling laws were unnecessary. After all, the psychological imprisonment had a great impact on the outlook of the slaves. From the very first slaves that were brought from Africa, they have been systematically dehumanized and made to feel worthless. As a result, slaves learned to be completely dependent on their slave owners for survival and, thus, the slave owner was able to dictate virtually every aspect of the slaves' lives. The psychological impact of such brainwashing made the slaves feel helpless to end their enslavement. "There was no communication between master and slave on any strictly human level, but only the relation one might have to a piece of property - if you twist the knob on your radio you expect it to play," writes the author. ...
