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Slaves were in imminent danger of being killed for minor offences. Were they? I'd bet that everything you've ever read or seen about slavery was produced by ab
by mhartl 15y ago
Slaves were in imminent danger of being killed for minor offences.
Were they? I'd bet that everything you've ever read or seen about slavery was produced by abolitionists and their intellectual descendants. Perhaps this might slightly color your views on the subject.
By the way, before you call me a horrible person again, please read carefully. Nothing in the above paragraph implies an endorsement of slavery.
- Jabbles 15y agoWell, it's not my area of expertise... If you'd like to direct me to where I can read a more balanced view of the history of slavery I would be pleased to read it.
- mhartl 15y agoSure thing. The West Indies As They Are (1824) by Rev. Richard Bickell. It was written about slavery in Jamaica, where conditions were almost certainly worse than in the American South. http://books.google.com/books?id=Y4QZYM7MOUcC&printsec=toc&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPR3,M1 http://books.google.com/books?id=Y4QZYM7MOUcC&printsec=t... South-Side View of Slavery (1854) by Nehemiah Adams, a Unitarian minister and abolitionist. http://books.google.com/books?id=sCg7P2c3W5MC&printsec=titlepage http://books.google.com/books?id=sCg7P2c3W5MC&printsec=t... American Negro Slavery (1918) by Ulrich Phillips. http://books.google.com/books?id=7E1_n7O9KvIC&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=7E1_n7O9KvIC&printsec=t...