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The US of the 1800s was a world in which you could legally own another human being, right up until December 6, 1865. Those born into bondage were condemned to
by buildsjets 3y ago
The US of the 1800s was a world in which you could legally own another human being, right up until December 6, 1865. Those born into bondage were condemned to live as such and had no legal way to change their personal status. This is kind of the ultimate form of a hereditary title.
- AlbertCory 3y agoBefore the Civil War, slavery was only legal in the South. After it: nowhere. Being a slave was not a "hereditary title" in any common sense of the word, which was "duke" or "earl" or "lord." As in Europe.