3 Sep 2022 1:59 am
4. During the period from 1800 to 1861 the conditions for slavery were far less harsh than those which were present during the previous 200 years. During this time the slave communities began to develop their own internal societies and support systems. Still, they were heavily subjugated by a legal system in which they had no right to property or even the produce of their labor. Historical records indicate this made the slaves quite sedentary and without industry. A form of silent revolt in many cases. It had nothing to do with genetics though many of the slave owners (many themselves were black) attributed their lethargy to genetic factors. However, the reality is they had little to no incentive to work. Something any modern capitalist of today is well aware. Many achieved their freedom in this manner as their concerted effort did have value and many slave holders traded their freedom for produce of equal value and brought about the institutions of Share Cropping.
It took a period of less than my lifetime for the US to cast off the institution of slavery in place at our founding. This is something we should be quite proud to have accomplished. We were the first. Slavery still exists today in many parts of the world all the way back before biblical times. I witnessed young white European children being auctioned off in the Middle East in the early 70's. Only recently abolished, yet it still occurs in secret I'm told. This was no small accomplishment and the US suffered more dead of all races during the Civil War than we have in ALL OTHER CONFLICTS by far. Casualties in WWII were 235,000. Civil war casualties were close to 1 million.
It took a period of less than my lifetime for the US to cast off the institution of slavery in place at our founding. This is something we should be quite proud to have accomplished. We were the first. Slavery still exists today in many parts of the world all the way back before biblical times. I witnessed young white European children being auctioned off in the Middle East in the early 70's. Only recently abolished, yet it still occurs in secret I'm told. This was no small accomplishment and the US suffered more dead of all races during the Civil War than we have in ALL OTHER CONFLICTS by far. Casualties in WWII were 235,000. Civil war casualties were close to 1 million.