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I recently joined this listserv and have enjoyed
reading the discussions that have taken place.
Anita, you stated that "No group except Americans
attempted to brain wash a people into believing that
God ordained them to be slaves." I know that I might
be splitting hairs here, but when slavery began here I
doubt that any of the slave holders would have
considered themselves Americans. In Jamestown, I feel
that most would have considered themselves English.
In Missouri and Illinois, the documents were in French
and Spanish. I doubt they would have attributed
themselves the title of "Americans". With that said,
I understand your point. The form of slavery that
eventually developed IN the Americas was completely
different than previous forms.
Joe Hunter
--- Anita Wills <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That may be your interpretation, but it is contrary
> to historical facts. Of
> course your information is coming from those who
> enslaved Africans. Slavery
> is not an African nor Native word, it is a European
> word. There may have
> been captives held after wars, but they were not
> told that they were slaves
> for life, and were eventually integrated into the
> tribes (even in Muslim
> Countries). The same with Native Americans. No group
> except Americans
> attempted to brain wash a people into believing that
> God ordained them to be
> slaves. That is why racism continues to rear it's
> ugly head in America.
>
> Anita
>
>
> >From: Basil Forest <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about
> Virginia history
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Nat Turner and unchanging history
> >Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:15:01 EDT
> >
> >Slavery was contrary to Christ's teachings and an
> abomination. However,
> >those black Africans who were brought to the
> colonies were originally
> >enslaved
> >by their African 'brothers" and were lucky to leave
> their servitude in
> >Africa
> >for the much more benign treatment they received on
> this side of the
> >Atlantic, and ultimately received their freedom
> while their African slave
> >"brothers"
> >continued to be enslaved in Africa until the 20th
> century.
> >
> >Basil Forest
> >
> >
> >
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