The Truth About Slavery

[mystery-ak]

August 6, 2020
The Truth About Slavery
By Robert Wedge

We are continually misled by progressive propaganda on the issue of race. Misinformation bleeds over to the conservative realm as well. The media, Hollywood, and academia are consumed with race, tribalism, and hatred for our Founding. The real agenda here is power, divide and conquer to pursue some ill-conceived Utopia.

The truth is that violence is part of the Left’s playbook. They are opportunists and provocateurs ready for any excuse to attack our freedom. Much of the violence we see is a planned political strategy taking advantage of the crisis du jour.

Racism is not our Achilles Heel. It is the ubiquitous manipulation and exploitation of race and racism that threatens our way of life. Political operatives masquerading as journalists feed the hate 24/7.

Sailing against prevailing winds, we continue to search for truth.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/08/the_truth_about_slavery.html

[Absalom]

Anyone seeking truth should avoid American Thinker,
a site for ranting ignoramuses whose competency is noise.
Slavery was born w/Man and remains a world institution,
concentrated in poorer areas, such as Africa; hardly news.
Slavery was controlled in the Colonies, by Great Britain, from
Jamestown to the end of our Revolutionary War, some 200 years.
As such, they bear the responsibility for it during that period.
We bear the responsibility for it from the ratification of our
Constitution till the Emancipation Proclamation; some 75 years.

[PeteS in CA]

The source is irrelevant to the accuracy of the claims, @Absalom. So, which of these statements is untrue?

Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution, in his book Black Rednecks and White Liberals, provides a great deal of depth and clarity about race and slavery.

Slavery's salient points:

* Slavery’s been part of every culture on every inhabited continent throughout history

* Africans conquered other Africans, enslaved them, and sold them for profit

* It existed in Western indigenous peoples for centuries before Columbus arrived

* Considered a fact of life until 17th century Christians attacked its immorality

* During the peak of the Atlantic slave trade, Africans retained more slaves for themselves than were sold to the West

Our Founders were born into a world they did not make. Inherited agricultural estates included slaves as property. Washington, Jefferson, and Madison detested the institution. Records of their writings and actions are clear on this. Washington freed his slaves upon the death of his wife. His will stipulated that those who were infirm or disabled were to be cared for by his estate.

[Absalom]

The source is irrelevant to the accuracy of the claims, @Absalom. So, which of these statements is untrue?

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None are untrue and so what???
My assertion was that we did not have the Sovereign Right to govern ourselves till we established our government.
Therefore the responsibility for slavery in the Colonies, for the first 200 years, lies w/Great Britain.

[Bigun]

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None are untrue and so what???
My assertion was that we did not have the Sovereign Right to govern ourselves till we established our government.
Therefore the responsibility for slavery in the Colonies, for the first 200 years, lies w/Great Britain.

There was no slavery in the colonies until a a black man named Anthony Johnson of Virginia sued two of his indentured servants for breach of contract and won.

Look it up!

[PeteS in CA]

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None are untrue and so what???
My assertion was that we did not have the Sovereign Right to govern ourselves till we established our government.
Therefore the responsibility for slavery in the Colonies, for the first 200 years, lies w/Great Britain.

Since it seems to have eluded you, I was responding specifically to this comment you made, "Anyone seeking truth should avoid American Thinker". Your comment was not qualified or limited, so I pointed out examples of its incorrectness from the very article you derided.

[Smokin Joe]

Anyone seeking truth should avoid American Thinker,
a site for ranting ignoramuses whose competency is noise.
Slavery was born w/Man and remains a world institution,
concentrated in poorer areas, such as Africa; hardly news.
Slavery was controlled in the Colonies, by Great Britain, from
Jamestown to the end of our Revolutionary War, some 200 years.
As such, they bear the responsibility for it during that period.
We bear the responsibility for it from the ratification of our
Constitution till the Emancipation Proclamation; some 75 years.

Correct. And even then, only about 5% of those slaves shipped from Africa were shipped to what is now the US. (about 600,000).
According to Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Negro

Census enumeration found a total of 488,070 "free colored" persons in the United States in 1860

Also,

The life expectancy of slaves was much higher in the U.S.[vague] This, combined with a very high birth-rate, meant that numbers of slaves grew rapidly as the number of births exceeded deaths, reaching nearly 4 million by the time of the 1860 United States Census.[

Over 10% of Blacks were already free when the South seceded, .

[Absalom]

Since it seems to have eluded you, I was responding specifically to this comment you made, "Anyone seeking truth should avoid American Thinker". Your comment was not qualified or limited, so I pointed out examples of its incorrectness from the very article you derided.

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Fair enough; so I stand corrected.
I was oblivious as to the point you were making.
As for American Thinker, my opinion is just that.
Anyway stay well.

[Cyber Liberty]

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Fair enough; so I stand corrected.
I was oblivious as to the point you were making.
As for American Thinker, my opinion is just that.
Anyway stay well.

I feel the same way about Gateway Pundit. 

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Anyone seeking truth should avoid American Thinker,
a site for ranting ignoramuses whose competency is noise.

I happen to enjoy reading the articles they post, and don't find them the way you describe.

Why are you so angry?

[Absalom]

I happen to enjoy reading the articles they post, and don't find them the way you describe.
Why are you so angry?

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I expressed and opinion based on my perspective for reflection and reason.
As such, I reject closed minded bluster, bombast and blather.
Feel free to express you own opinion.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

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I expressed and opinion based on my perspective for reflection and reason.
As such, I reject closed minded bluster, bombast and blather.
Feel free to express you own opinion.

Feel free to rant that Thomas Sowell  is an ignoramus.

We all know what that makes you.

[Absalom]

Feel free to rant that Thomas Sowell  is an ignoramus.
We all know what that makes you.

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Obviously, contrary opinions rattle your cage, so get a softer cage.
Asserting I "ranted that Thomas Sowell is an ignoramus" is an ignorant slander.
Sowell is a man of principles as well as an accomplished thinker/writer.
That you would utter such a contemptible falsehood says volumes about you.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

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Obviously, contrary opinions rattle your cage, so get a softer cage.
Asserting I "ranted that Thomas Sowell is an ignoramus" is an ignorant slander.
Sowell is a man of principles as well as an accomplished thinker/writer.
That you would utter such a contemptible falsehood says volumes about you.

Then you lie as it is emblazoned in post #2 for all the world to see.

[Smokin Joe]

There was no slavery in the colonies until a a black man named Anthony Johnson of Virginia sued two of his indentured servants for breach of contract and won.

Look it up!

Right, in 1655. From then until 1776, It's on the British.

Slavery did not become an institution in these United States until there were these United States.