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Anonymous 7w

Okay but the Euros still bought the slaves, right?

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Anonymous 7w

Yeah, then america made it about skin color

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

The whole thing about slavery in america specifically is that america, in order to make slavery stay with christain values, is that they had to make black people LESSER and not actual people, because according to god slavery of fellow man is immoral

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

That’s right, American chattel slavery is historically unique from other forms of slavery throughout history due to its ties with race, in fact it’s the entire reason race was constructed within society, and the fact that people were born slaves and died slaves with almost no chance of ever gaining their freedom. Even in slave societies like ancient Greece and Rome, there was typically a way out, if not for you then for your children.

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 7w

^ American slavery, in order to be more “moral” paradoxically had to be more immoral by completely removing personhood from a group of people based on skin color alone Its pretty gross

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 7w

yes. and war between Africans massively became more common and extensive because once one kingdom got guns, they could defeat any other without guns and then sell them for more guns. this incentivized literally everyone to try and get captives to sell lest they become captives themselves.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

Why is this downVoted when it’s literally true

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

Look at history books, they called anybody of black decent property, as cattle. You are either incredibly stupid or ragebaiting

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 7w

Thats…. Literally what i said. They made black people property so it would fit in a Christian religion

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 7w

Literacy issues, its yikyak

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 7w

Only unique due to the racial nature, chattel slavery existed in North Africa and the Middle East as well and was comparably barbaric.

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 7w

People usually bring up slavery to try and prove some point about the unique evilness of European institutions or ideology. But Africans should take at least half the blame for capturing and selling slaves.

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Anonymous replying to -> canesfan 7w

I think that’s the point the meme is trying to make

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 7w

The African thing. Is completely untrue

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Anonymous replying to -> canesfan 7w

So just a quick question you’re saying Africans trades in other Africans for guns to hunt those Africans? Bc that doesn’t make any sense at all. Why would you injure to the point that they would not be functioning, the whole point is that they are able bodied and are able to do what their evil white masters tell them

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 7w

It’s the same way POWs are captured. They surrender and soldiers tell them they will be shot if they don’t give up their freedom.

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