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GreenWave

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26. How many rebellious people were thrown overboard resisting slavery?

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sun Aug 24, 2025, 07:23 AM

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Adding up the total for five centuries would probably reach over 100,000,000 dead due to slavery.
Died resisting slavers.
Thrown overboard.
Stranded on islands when an ocean swell hit.
Rigors of slavery.
Lynchings.

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An attempt to erase WHITE history. n/t Frasier Balzov Saturday #1

Yep malaise Saturday #4

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Even racists knew that slavery was bad. Iggo Sunday #29

What's left of it, that is... ananda Saturday #12

Man, you are a resource. Drawing a salary yet? cachukis Saturday #2

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Smooth. cachukis Saturday #9

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Looking forward to trump telling us what the UPSIDE of slavery was. (nt) Paladin Saturday #3

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Yep. You beat me to posting it.... GopherGal Saturday #13

Like how to pick cotton and obey orders without question?? (OR ELSE) Jack Valentino Saturday #21

The upside of slavery was Bernardo de La Paz Saturday #8

The Northern economy also profited from it: Jack Valentino Saturday #22

Speaking from the depths of his unplumbable ignorance and bigotry The Blue Flower Saturday #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 Saturday #14

It's as thin as he is lame54 Saturday #15

When you are evil personified like trump and hitler, it's hard to see the bad in the bad. Wonder Why Saturday #16

Wait, didn't the slaves learn valuable life skills? groundloop Saturday #17

The most valuable skill a very few of them learned was Jack Valentino Saturday #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 Saturday #18

Why could they not show it on TV today? Because of Trump?? Jack Valentino Saturday #24

Yes we can get it in streaming but it was in network TV in the early 70's! kimbutgar Sunday #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 Sunday #30

DURec leftstreet Saturday #19

It takes effort when you're raised by racists. rickyhall Saturday #20

How many rebellious people were thrown overboard resisting slavery? GreenWave Sunday #26

And if you're a young woman Trailrider1951 Sunday #28

Slavery: No big deal. Cracker Barrel's new logo: End of modern civilization. Paladin Sunday #27