Who is Willie Lynch?

I have given my students an assignment about whothan those in the field.
Willie Lynch is and what he had done to the society toHaitian Revolution led by a non-predial slave, Toussaint
gain popularity. And I thought to make a researchL'Ouverture, was on of the most successful slave
myself.revolts in history. Louis Farrakhan quotes Willie Lynch's
William (Willie) Lynch, a British slave owner in the Westalleged scheme posed as an impediment to the unity
Indies, and came to United States to advise Americanamong the African Americans. The Willie Lynch
slave owners how to keep their slaves restrained,Doctrine, a document that was distributed to the
according to the essay in Brother Man: The Odysseyplantations owners and Politicians in the United States
of Black Men in America- an Anthology. Lynching oradvocates them how to convert a man into a slave.
Lynch Law is actually attributed to him. Lynching initiallyThis served as a foundation for the current
referred to the hanging of the black man. The Williamself-destructive life lived by young men today. Causing
Lynch Speech or letter is from an unknown originyour own fate and showing your children to do the
which attracted widespread attention when it wassame. False realities that you grab hold to and base
scattered on the internet by 1990s. It was said to beyour whole life is a never ending cycle. The doctrine
addressed to an audience on the bank of the Jamesused principles like brainwashing and mind control. The
River in Virginia in 1712 regarding the control of slavesslave owners were actually instructed to use public
in the colony. William Lynch was the speaker waspersecution and indignity to create fear in the black
summoned to Virginia in 1712, due to a few slavesociety and demolish the male image in the mind of the
revolts in the area prior to his visit, and his dubiousblack woman.
reputation of being an authoritative and strict slaveThey were subjected to such persecution like being
owner. Believers in the substantiality of the Williamdragged by the horse with their legs tied, and then light
Lynch Speech called it mental slavery.him on fire, and being pulled into parts by a horse in
Hatred among the slaves was a deep division infront of his woman. Like today, the black community is
cognizance to skin color of the slaves; this was thestill dragged in the same way that the Lynch's doctrine
cause of the Lynch's alleged method. Light-skinnedused to be, it shows how racism still exists. That's why
blacks were priced better according to the conditionsblack woman raises her sons to be physically strong
of slavery given to this doctrine. They were beingand their daughters' mentally prepared. So as the time
allowed to do jobs that need power over the othercome they could defend themselves as the revolts
slaves, and were usually assigned in the home of thehad shown. For example, there are tendencies of
slave master. While the dark-skinned slaves areauthorities to treat minority suspects' summarily, bias in
bounded to the fields, performing back-breaking labors,both conviction and sentencing. This also shows in the
and unlike the light-skinned, they cannot enjoy themedia's demonization of young black men and the
luxury that the lighter-skinned slaves get. Theconception of black criminality as it is discernable in
executions of Lynch's divide and conquer method ofcases of racial profiling are all faint messages that is
control caused discontent among the slaves. Thevery hard to see today. Like the African-American
division between the house and the field slaves ishistory, this will have not only an unjust but an
historically erroneous, since slaves that are employed ineverlasting detrimental consequence to the society.
plantation households were a subset of non-predialA truly difficult time for everyone and it saddens me to
slaves, including craftsman such as the carpenters andthink of what happened during their time.
masons, and were they are under a white supervision