That is a fine assertion if both had the same standing in the system. Slaves did not choose to come to America and be a slave. It is amazing to me how many people claim to know what the slaves thought and felt. Even if the whites were in a worse situation then the slaves, they always had the freedom to leave. The slaves, no matter what their condition, were denied the right to determine their own destiny. Then to pour salt on the wound, Nat Turner is being vilified (by some not all), because he decided to fight back. The desire to be free was not stamped out by the hell he endured, and saw around him. No matter what words were screamed in his ear, he realized that God wanted him to be a Free Man. If he is in hell there are a whole bunch of folks there with him. 
 
Anita > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:43:20 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: And Now Nat Turner in a Politically Correct Light> To: [log in to unmask]> > Quote from Lyle:> "Your statement that the "conditions of actual slavery were much > harsher than the conditions of colonialism" has been shown not > necessarily true, if you take from it the legal basis for slavery with > all that meant. One wonders how many poor colonists came to death by > starvation, deprivation, overwork, etc. There was no master around to > ensure basic survival as there was under the peculiar institution."> > Lyle,> > You almost got me on that one! What a tickle to my funny bone!> > Anne> > > Anne Pemberton> [log in to unmask]> http://www.erols.com/apembert> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org> > ______________________________________> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html
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