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Originally Posted by Rasterburn
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I'm not making any excuses, Taxi. I am simply stating the facts about the actual history involved. I'm sure you would agree that not liking a fact doesn't make it any less of a fact. Blacks in Africa started the slave trade there... not white people. And they profited handsomely from it, which is why they jacked up the entire operation during the mid-1700's. And it is also true that on ALL sides of that situation back then, most people felt that human slavery was indeed acceptable.
It must seem abhorrent to you and me, living here in the 21st century. But how do you know what your feelings would be, if we were living way back in the year 1749..? Hell... you might even own a few slaves of your own.
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My ancestors were actually slavers. Theres an island in Africa that bears my name. But thats beyond the point, the fact is that even during those times, there was people that did find slavery abhorrent, it was the slave themselves, and people like Bartelomeo de Las Casas.
The most ridiculous part of your statement is that "Most people felt that human slavery was indeed acceptable". That was the people on top, the slavers. For example If a majority of Haitians thought that slavery was indeed acceptable in the 1790s then they wouldnt have led the first successful slave revolt culminating in the independence of a country.
The native americans who drowned themselves at sea when given the choice of being slaves or dying didnt "indeed think that slavery was acceptable".
09-09-2010, 03:56 PM
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