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
Anne Pemberton
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Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [VA-HIST] Richmond and VA slave Traders, plus Africa
> 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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