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RebelGator » 14 minutes ago » wrote: ↑

14 minutes ago

At the time Africans were being brought to America as "slaves", they were thought of as merely farm animals. There was no oppression,  it was more like liberation from the life they had previously lived.

They weren't liberated. Who taught you and @Skans   this stuff? In  Africa, slavery was not necessarily permanent or hereditary. They could sometimes marry into the family, earn their freedom, or rise in status. Some slaves held positions of power or trust—managing households and serving in armies.. Hell, they even had somewhat of an education and were literate enough to advise leaders in different issues. They had a status; their identity was not stripped from them. Many were used in domestic service, agriculture, or craftsmanship, which was often integrated into the daily life of a household or their village. They typically worked alongside their masters, not separated or segregated in brutal systems like plantations. The masters never worked alongside slaves in America. The masters in America were lazy fat *** ****. African slaves were often seen as people who had fallen into a different social status, not as property or subhuman. 


 Contrast that with America:
Enslaved people were considered property, like livestock. They could be bought, sold, inherited, and legally abused. This status was hereditary; children born to enslaved women were automatically slaves for life. Slaves were deliberately stripped of their culture, language, and identity. Families were usually separated. They had no legal rights to marriage or even parent. Many slaveholders used violence, psychological trauma, and religious justification to control their slaves. Most were forced to work long hours in **** environments. Corporal punishment was frequent, and resistance or failure to meet quotas could result in mutilation or death.