Delete comment from: Boston 1775
I dunno, Auguste, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
The more I read of the history of slavery, the more I realize a) the West, starting with Britain, were the first- and only ones- to stop it, and b) everybody from white slave owners to African tribesmen and Arab traders had a strong financial and political interest in keeping people enslaved.
And it wasn't just blacks and Indians being put in chains either. Irish and some Scots- Irish were enslaved and sent to America, too. Some escaped. They form my ancestry on 1/2 of my mother's side of the family.
Slavery touches everybody, even to this day.
Aug 22, 2010, 6:59:12 PM
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