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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