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Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad [View all] Celerity Aug 23 OP
An attempt to erase WHITE history. n/t Frasier Balzov Aug 23 #1
Yep malaise Aug 23 #4
Yes: there are three sides. African Americans had it bad, slavery whites were much worse since they held the whip. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 23 #5
Even racists knew that slavery was bad. Iggo Aug 24 #29
What's left of it, that is... ananda Aug 23 #12
Man, you are a resource. Drawing a salary yet? cachukis Aug 23 #2
EarlG told me the cheque is in the mail. Celerity Aug 23 #6
Smooth. cachukis Aug 23 #9
Does he pay better or worse than George Soros? EdmondDantes_ Aug 23 #10
Looking forward to trump telling us what the UPSIDE of slavery was. (nt) Paladin Aug 23 #3
That kind of "re-imagining" is well under way. Frasier Balzov Aug 23 #7
Yep. You beat me to posting it.... GopherGal Aug 23 #13
Like how to pick cotton and obey orders without question?? (OR ELSE) Jack Valentino Aug 23 #21
The upside of slavery was Bernardo de La Paz Aug 23 #8
The Northern economy also profited from it: Jack Valentino Aug 23 #22
Speaking from the depths of his unplumbable ignorance and bigotry The Blue Flower Aug 23 #11
His Dad (Fred) was a Klansman arrested in NY in 1920's at a rally (WaPo). Together they paid the highest fine Evolve Dammit Aug 23 #14
It's as thin as he is lame54 Aug 23 #15
When you are evil personified like trump and hitler, it's hard to see the bad in the bad. Wonder Why Aug 23 #16
Wait, didn't the slaves learn valuable life skills? groundloop Aug 23 #17
The most valuable skill a very few of them learned was Jack Valentino Aug 23 #23
It's hard to believe that in the 1970's on network TV Roots was shown and it exposed the cruelty of slavery kimbutgar Aug 23 #18
Why could they not show it on TV today? Because of Trump?? Jack Valentino Aug 23 #24
Yes we can get it in streaming but it was in network TV in the early 70's! kimbutgar Aug 24 #25
NO, I saw it the first time, and it was the mid-70s, since I was in Jr. High at the time. Jack Valentino Aug 24 #30
DURec leftstreet Aug 23 #19
It takes effort when you're raised by racists. rickyhall Aug 23 #20
How many rebellious people were thrown overboard resisting slavery? GreenWave Aug 24 #26
And if you're a young woman Trailrider1951 Aug 24 #28
Slavery: No big deal. Cracker Barrel's new logo: End of modern civilization. Paladin Aug 24 #27
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