Let’s hope this is a nonstarter. Slavery is a shameful part of American history, even if there was controversy about it, it was legal. There was eventually a war waged in part to end it.
As for the humanity of the slaves, well no slaveholder could view property as fully human.
Your post is quite disturbing, on many levels.
when to blacks apologize for taking white slaves?
Your post is disturbing me in three ways! S/F
I would suggest that blacks and everyone else re-read world history and remember all the cultures and people who were made slaves and were slaughtered throughout time. One can start with the Jewish people. As I recall, throughout time, armies conquered lands and made slaves of the people they conquered. Considering world history, one would think that all of us could stay enraged all the time over past history. As a Jew, the Holocaust comes to mind.
I would suggest that blacks and everyone else re-read world history and remember all the cultures and people who were made slaves and were slaughtered throughout time. One can start with the Jewish people. As I recall, throughout time, armies conquered lands and made slaves of the people they conquered. Considering world history, one would think that all of us could stay enraged all the time over past history. As a Jew, the Holocaust comes to mind.
“Your post is quite disturbing, on many levels.”
Why? I found it informative.
Why do you find it disturbing that the majority of the USA wanted to end slavery, but lacked the political power to do so - or that they tried political methods before resorting to war 70 years later?
The slaveholders obviously did not consider their slaves to be fully human, but oddly enough wanted them counted as people so they could increase their political power. It sounds odd, but it was the people trying to end slavery that had to press for slaves to be counted as non-humans. Politics has strange twists.
I made no defense of either slavery or lynching. Both were obviously evil - although it was the democrats who opposed federal anti-lynching laws. However, in terms of impacting black Americans today, I point out black on black murders (93% of the total) are killing twice as many young black men each year as were killed by lynching during its 70 year evil reign. Inner city black churches should spend less time complaining about slavery (ended over 140 years ago) and more on ending the suicidal tendencies in inner city society.
Rev Wright can complain as much as he wants about white people holding back blacks, but it is black men who are killing young black men in terrifying numbers. If he was less wrapped up in hate, he would be better able to see where the problem really lies!