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The Kroomen acted essentially as guns (oars?) for hire but the author tries his best not to let that get in the way of presenting them as "black slaver hunters"
by alboy 6y ago
The Kroomen acted essentially as guns (oars?) for hire but the author tries his best not to let that get in the way of presenting them as "black slaver hunters". They were strongly opposed to their own enslavement, but not the idea of slavery itself. This article paints a group of people with a unique ethno-occupational identity as some sort of old-timey Black Panthers. Unsurprisingly, the author is American.
- x86_64Ubuntu 6y agoI'm kind of confused about where you get the comment "They were strongly opposed to their own enslavement, but not the idea of slavery itself" The article never really speaks about them being opposed to one and not the other. There seems to be some anxiety on your part concerning the subject matter, and you are reading things that simply aren't there. Especially when you complain about some sort of American-centrism, but then reference the Black Panther which is a US organization.
- alboy 6y ago>The article never really speaks about them being opposed to one and not the other. "The history of anti-slavery patrolling is at the essence of what made a Krooman a Krooman." Right.
- x86_64Ubuntu 6y agoThat line doesn't prove the point you are trying to make. Where does it say they are opposed to one and not the other??