This is whining,
J South
Neil,
People will study whatever parts of history interest them. Putting the name
of an unknown African on a rock at Poquoson would not be correct, inasmuch
as the slaves came in initially at Jamestown.
But, if you want to make the point that Africans enslaved Africans before
the British came to the idea, go ahead and write a book or two and make your
case. In the meantime, those interested in naming the AMERICANS who were
complicit in this long chain of immorality, should not be challenged. The
CHRISTIANS and those who cheered for and/or signed the Declaration of
Independence were promising a NEW way of living, an attempt at true freedom
for man, and then a decade later turned their backs on those brought here as
slaves.
How can men claim morality when they profess their love of their own freedom
and deny that self-same freedom to their neighbors and workers?
Anne
In a message dated 6/26/2008 1:40:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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J South,
I don't see that people "whine" about slavery, so much as I hear a
continuous "whine" about the Civil War, the actions of the north necessary
to end that conflict, and the effects of reconstruction which led to a
backlash known as Jim Crow which dragged the issue of slavery into the 20th
century, and which is still a factor today, in the 21st century.
Anne
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> Of course involuntary servitude is immoral by 21st century standards.
> However, I am really tired of Americans who continually whine about it as
> if it
> has had some impact on their lives today.
>
> JD Southmayd
> a/k/a J South
>
>
> In a message dated 6/26/2008 12:30:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> I don't think that any of us feel that slavery was a good thing. But
> historically it was a fact of life. It should be remembered that
> slavery was legal and practiced in the North as well. But the
> economics in the North did not promote widespread slavery. It was
> found in certain industries (like the iron industry) where large
> numbers of the workers in places as far north as NJ, PA, and NY were
> enslaved. The Saugus IW north of Boston used prisoners of war for
> their workforce (not much better).
>
> Most of us alive today wish that the Founding Fathers could have
> figured out a way to abolish slavery. But they did not and slavery
> continued to be a problem until it was abolished as a result of the
> American Civil War (or whatever you choose to call it). The abolition
> movement was a Christian movement. It took almost 2000 years, but
> other religions were in no hurry to end slavery until Christianity
> (supported by European navies and armies) appeared.
>
> The fact remains that slavery as a world wide practice was ended by
> the nations of Europe (and the US), often by force. It was the US and
> British Navy that ended the West African slave trade by blockading or
> embargoing the coast. The East African and interior slave trade (both
> about equal in size to the West African trade) continued to flourish
> until they were essentially ended as a result of European colonization
> of Africa. Slavery continued to be legal in a number of countries
> until well into the late 20th century. It is still practiced, albeit
> illegally, in parts of Africa and Asia.
>
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