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Slavery, when America was Great

Thief

Thief

Rogue Theologian
playing devil's advocate......

I have never thought of politics as a statement of the man behind the microphone
and I think politicians fail when they speak their own mind

that said......I Thief, would now run for office
never mind all those posts I've made.....
I never really seduced any nuns.....
I was just kidding

and because I am a Rogue Theologian....
I can represent a moral majority
because I know how evil my fellowman really is

and will represent your desires for what they really are!!!!!!!!

vote for me!

liberty to all......!!!!!
 
Thief

Thief

Rogue Theologian
just a note of perspective.....
some historians have written (sorry I forgot the source).......
blacks were a bit LOST when freed

nowhere to go.....nothing to do....

the only job they ever knew was no longer theirs

and dealing with whites as PEOPLE......
having to learn to free enterprise!!!!!!!
with little or no education!!!!!

apparently some slaves didn't much care to be set free

might seem odd to us now.....so many years later
 
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pearl

Well-Known Member
Srivijaya said:
In order to consider that point valid, you need to consider it acceptable for humans to be "property" in the first place.
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It had been acceptable from biblical times. And apparently, in the U,S., the concept of human property was still acceptable at least to the time of Lincoln when he cited the War Powers Act of the Constitution for his legal freeing of the slaves held by Confederate states only.
 
ImmortalFlame

ImmortalFlame

Woke gremlin
pcarl said:
It had been acceptable from biblical times. And apparently, in the U,S., the concept of human property was still acceptable at least to the time of Lincoln when he cited the War Powers Act of the Constitution for his legal freeing of the slaves held by Confederate states only.
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Do you consider it to be acceptable?
 
Politesse

Politesse

Amor Vincit Omnia
pcarl said:
It had been acceptable from biblical times.
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Not true, there was a long period during which slavery was expressly outlawed by the Roman Empire and many of its successor states, before rearing its ugly head again in the 15th century.
 
ImmortalFlame

ImmortalFlame

Woke gremlin
metis said:
Will one of you please tell my wife that! :(
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Srivijaya

Srivijaya

Active Member
Thief said:
just a note of perspective.....
some historians have written (sorry I forgot the source).......
blacks were a bit LOST when freed

nowhere to go.....nothing to do....

the only job they ever knew was no longer theirs

and dealing with whites as PEOPLE......
having to learn to free enterprise!!!!!!!
with little or no education!!!!!

apparently some slaves didn't much care to be set free

might seem odd to us now.....so many years later
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Perhaps not so odd. One of the greatest (and most successful) slave revolts in history finished in an enigma. Spartacus lead Celtic and Germanic slaves against their Roman masters. They had to fight hard to reach the Alps and their freedom beyond Roman territory. They succeeded, then, inexplicably, turned around and went back.

When faced with the harsh reality of it, they couldn't return to the world they (or their parents /grandparents) had been taken from. Rome was all they knew and they were finally slaughtered trying to realise their dream of a free-state in Sicily.
 
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