salarua@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'www.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1525arrow-down111cross-posted to: usa
arrow-up1514arrow-down1external-link'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'www.rawstory.comsalarua@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: usa
minus-squaresadreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoMost property owners ie had a plot of land could not afford a slave… they worked that land themselves and then forced their 6 kids do it for them.
minus-squarenixfreak@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoSick part you “borrow slaves from what was called New York stock exchange. Then sell a slave or get collateral.
minus-squaresadreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoYeah going down that rabbit whole really does expose how “white washed” even current understanding of slavery by the normie stream is… shit was whole different level vile that teevee won’t really cover.
minus-squareTerryMathews@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoRight, but take the converse: if they didn’t own land, they definitely couldn’t afford a slave.
minus-squaresadreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoalso true… wiki will explain it better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessity_and_sufficiency owning a plantation is necessary to be a slaver but it is not sufficient since you actually have to own the slaves.
Most property owners ie had a plot of land could not afford a slave… they worked that land themselves and then forced their 6 kids do it for them.
Sick part you “borrow slaves from what was called New York stock exchange. Then sell a slave or get collateral.
Yeah going down that rabbit whole really does expose how “white washed” even current understanding of slavery by the normie stream is… shit was whole different level vile that teevee won’t really cover.
Right, but take the converse: if they didn’t own land, they definitely couldn’t afford a slave.
also true… wiki will explain it better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessity_and_sufficiency
owning a plantation is necessary to be a slaver but it is not sufficient since you actually have to own the slaves.