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Black slavery

ManyBeers

ManyBeers

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I don't get it. The way I see it is...the only way you can enslave someone is if they accept that condition willingly. I guess I don't understand how only blacks were enslaved in this country and not other races ...such as the "Indians",chinese,south americans,etc. I find this very difficult to understand. Why blacks?
 
Consider this.....slavery still exists in America and people are profitting off of using them in forced labor. (Illegal Aliens)
 
uh europeans were enslaved too. it's called indentured servitude (i think). you work for x amount of years of your life for a trip to america and then you become free. don't they teach you people this sht in school?
 
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
I don't get it. The way I see it is...the only way you can enslave someone is if they accept that condition willingly. I guess I don't understand how only blacks were enslaved in this country and not other races ...such as the "Indians",chinese,south americans,etc. I find this very difficult to understand. Why blacks?
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History 101.take it.love it.learn from it.

p.s. The first slave in North America were native americans.But they sucked at being slaves.
 
becuz we thought they were inferior. it seemed perfectly rational at the time. even those against slavery mostly didn't think they were equal. heck indians owned blacks. and long before blacks got to play on our baseball teams we let indians play...
 
If I remember my history classes correctly the first slaves were generaly lower class white people that would work as servants or fieldhands in exchange for paid passage from Europe to America. As the middle class grew the number of people that couldn't pay for their own passage went down and captured and enslaved africans became a cheap alternative for the "free" labor that had been enjoyed.
 
The irish, chinese, and indians were also enslaved.

Let's use logic here. Plantations were located mostly in the southern and middle colonies. The southern and middle colonies were located on the east coast. The east coast is on the atlantic. Africa, at that time, being known as the "uncivilized" land full of "savages", was also off the atlantic ocean. Thus, they were viewed as lesser beings and convenient for plantation labor.
 
Originally posted by: OulOat
There was Chinese slaves.
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There were NEVER Chinese slaves. The Chinese came willingly to this country to work on the railroads. They were paid and although they were paid very little at a level one could call "slave wages" they were never OWNED and kept by White people.
 
you are retarded, how old are you 2, jeez man, you don't go into slavery willingly, you are kept captive because guys with guns, or wips are not letting you leave. Its like being in Jail no one WANTS to go to jail. Before you ask such stupid questions go read a book or something open your eyes

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Originally posted by: ManyBeers
I don't get it. The way I see it is...the only way you can enslave someone is if they accept that condition willingly. I guess I don't understand how only blacks were enslaved in this country and not other races ...such as the "Indians",chinese,south americans,etc. I find this very difficult to understand. Why blacks?
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They were easier to catch?
 
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Originally posted by: OulOat
There was Chinese slaves.
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There were NEVER Chinese slaves. The Chinese came willingly to this country to work on the railroads. They were paid and although they were paid very little at a level one could call "slave wages" they were never OWNED and kept by White people.
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No, that's incorrect. Try reading some history books. Look up "coolie labor"
 
Originally posted by: blinky8225
I thought we did try indians, but they died too easily from disease. Blacks were tougher and hardier, supposedly.
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slavery in the caribean (feck my spelling sucks today) was a failure with the natives. Blacks were the natural choices, as there was already a history with black slaves in the mediterreanan.
 
Throughout time, at one point or another, every race has been slaves to other races.

But why is slavery automatically associated with Africans?
 
Originally posted by: PawNtheSandman
Throughout time, at one point or another, every race has been slaves to other races.

But why is slavery automatically associated with Africans?
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Because they are the loudest about it. And it only happened 150 years ago so we have a detailed description of it. And we have thousands of books and movies (Roots, Beloved, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Amistad, etc) in popular culture.
 
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Originally posted by: PawNtheSandman
Throughout time, at one point or another, every race has been slaves to other races.

But why is slavery automatically associated with Africans?
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Because they are the loudest about it. And it only happened 150 years ago so we have a detailed description of it. And we have thousands of books and movies (Roots, Beloved, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Amistad, etc) in popular culture.
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Can you clarify that 'they are the loudest about it' part? Takes a sip of root beer calmly
 
Can you clarify that 'they are the loudest about it' part? Takes a sip of root beer calmly
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I haven't heard lately of chinese claiming reparations for the slavery of their ancestors. Have you?
 
Originally posted by: Chadder007
Consider this.....slavery still exists in America and people are profitting off of using them in forced labor. (Illegal Aliens)
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I don't recall slaves getting paid and given an opportunity to raise their kids in a land where they'll have a chance to make something out of their lives that they otherwise wouldn't get in their homeland.
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
I don't get it. The way I see it is...the only way you can enslave someone is if they accept that condition willingly. I guess I don't understand how only blacks were enslaved in this country and not other races ...such as the "Indians",chinese,south americans,etc. I find this very difficult to understand. Why blacks?
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They were easier to catch?
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didn't have to. their buddies in africa sold them. slavery wasn't uncommon past societies. it was more orless the rule. so why shouldn't the africans have sold slaves...they owned slaves too.
 
Originally posted by: classy
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Originally posted by: PawNtheSandman
Throughout time, at one point or another, every race has been slaves to other races.

But why is slavery automatically associated with Africans?
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Because they are the loudest about it. And it only happened 150 years ago so we have a detailed description of it. And we have thousands of books and movies (Roots, Beloved, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Amistad, etc) in popular culture.
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Can you clarify that 'they are the loudest about it' part? Takes a sip of root beer calmly
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