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>a state where slavery was never legal My understanding is California had massive slave plantations some run by the mormon church, and the state was a major be

>a state where slavery was never legal My understanding is California had massive slave plantations some run by the mormon church, and the state was a major beneficiary of land confiscation among other things. >many of whom were not in the country when slavery was legal The country has a massive outstanding debt to uncompensated laborers that built the economic foundation. You benefit from that labor upon arrival in the US. If you do not want to pay the debt for the privilige of being in the US, the easiest method is to turn in your passport and leave the country.

adastra22 4y ago
You need to check your source of facts.
- ashwagary 4y ago
  >You need to check your source of facts. The facts are clear and pretty well documented. Here is the story of one such case... Biddy Mason was one of the richest people in California. She had to sue for her freedom from Mormon slavers and eventually became a famous real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist. "Biddy was among a number of enslaved people in the San Bernardino settlement. As part of the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state. Nevertheless, some migrants from the South, including Robert Smith, continued to bring enslaved people into the state. California's courts routinely ruled against the freedom claims of enslaved African Americans in support of slave owners" [0] "Slaveholders occupied the upper echelons of the Mormon hierarchy in San Bernardino....When Mormon slaveholders crossed the border into California, they entered a free state. California’s "Constitution of 1850 outlawed slavery, but its Legislature and courts, dominated by migrants from the South, defended coercive labor practices in the state. Well into the 1850s, the slaveholders of San Bernardino operated openly, free from legal interference." [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_Mason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_Mason [1] https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-19/san-bernardino-mormon-slavery https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-19/san-bernard...

adastra22 4y ago

You need to check your source of facts.

ashwagary 4y ago
>You need to check your source of facts. The facts are clear and pretty well documented. Here is the story of one such case... Biddy Mason was one of the richest people in California. She had to sue for her freedom from Mormon slavers and eventually became a famous real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist. "Biddy was among a number of enslaved people in the San Bernardino settlement. As part of the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state. Nevertheless, some migrants from the South, including Robert Smith, continued to bring enslaved people into the state. California's courts routinely ruled against the freedom claims of enslaved African Americans in support of slave owners" [0] "Slaveholders occupied the upper echelons of the Mormon hierarchy in San Bernardino....When Mormon slaveholders crossed the border into California, they entered a free state. California’s "Constitution of 1850 outlawed slavery, but its Legislature and courts, dominated by migrants from the South, defended coercive labor practices in the state. Well into the 1850s, the slaveholders of San Bernardino operated openly, free from legal interference." [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_Mason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_Mason [1] https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-19/san-bernardino-mormon-slavery https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-19/san-bernard...