John Winthrop in 1630 stressed that God had made some men rich and powerful to
show mercy, and others poor to offer obedience. Women were considered "inferior
and mortal". As a society that clearly saw some men, and all women, as inferior to
other men, it is not surprising that America developed a system of
____. This system grew out of indentured
servitude, and through the ____ became formalized in law for "Negroes, Mulattoes, and Indians".