However, the closing scenes of the first episode reveal that the residents of that region, who are the members of the Union Army, find it normal to brutalize the population of color as well. The negative attitude encouraged many of the former slaves to try resettling to the north. In one respect, “white Southerners carried the mindsets of enslavers with them into the post-emancipation period” and continued to insult the black (Southern Poverty Law Center 2018, 6). The miniseries under review covers the period of approximately a decade and a half before and after the Civil War, when a collision between old and new values destabilized the relationships in the society. Historical Analysis The Context of the Setting The discrimination against her from each side is a bright example of how xenophobic human beings are, notwithstanding their identities and backgrounds. Notably, it tells the story of Haley’s grandmother, a biracial former slave named Queen who is struggling to fit in both black and white cultures.
The novel, hence the movie, depicts the problems that derived from interracial tensions back at the time.
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