Georgia was a Penal colony.

Its retarded

According to the slaveowners, they were to be slaves for life because they were inferior and thus happier as slaves than free people

They literally sent people over there in a form of debt slavery in order to work for their freedom.

You know? “Indentured Servitude”

Penal. The root of the words penalize, penalty etc

Related to punish, as in punishment for a crime

And, according to people up north, Blacks were simply inferior all around.

Because, Unironically, people have different views than they do today.

Thus judging them to the same standard as we judge others today is fucking moronic.

Indentured servitude does not mean you just go capture some people at the local jungle and force them to be your indentured servants

South were inferior all around

Hence barbaric practices

Indentured servants were paying off debts they chose to accrue, including passage to the new world

And why they were looked down on

But it does mean essentially forcing someone to pick working in bad conditions thousands of miles away from home and only offering them the choice of *death* or indentured servitude.

Indentured servitude is a form of slavery.

It’s a form of debt slavery.

And it’s why colonies like Georgia are considered former penal colonies.

Uh, they chose to take the loans dude

Jesus you sound so leftist

We would call that today “debt slavery” because you essentially control someone for upwards of a decade or more and can treat them/force them to do whatever you want them to do until they fulfill their debts.

Let me guess, next topic is wage slave

And they did not “choose” to take them

That’s the thinfZ

Uh yeah they did

Many were sent here for committing petty crimes like stealing a loaf of bread.

They had little to no rights while under servitude and only were slightly different than slaves with the catch they could eventually be freed, but it depends on whether they fulfill the terms of the contract or not.

The owner of the contract can dictate the person’s life the entire time and can even go as far as determining whether they can marry or not. It was a form of debt slavery that, today, would be considered a direct violation of the person’s basic human rights.

Stealing isn't debt. It's stealing

And modern prisons don't generally allow marriages either

But only giving them the option of death or servitude and treated like a slave for upwards of a decade is wrong.

Wow really

Is it wrong?

YeahZ

Killing someone for stealing a loaf of bread is pretty extreme.

It's wrong to force someone to work to pay off a debt, wrong to control every aspect of their life, wrong to subject them to shitty living conditions?

And, now-a-days, it would be considered cruel and unusual punishment.

Would you guess that perhaps the wardens of these prisons made a profit from this?

Yeah, now-a-days, it is, but, back then, it was perfectly alright.

Which is my point.