why not us too

Thats not the point

i'm sorry what was the point

Point is ITS JUST WRONG no matter who does it

you're right, and america was wrong to preserve that practice almost a century into its existence

Cant point fingers at one group

Thats was then.. this is now

We had a Civil WAR over this shit. Remember

it's almost like a massive chunk of america's economic capacity in its first hundred years was based upon slave labor, and it's not like it was much better for former slaves following their emancipation

sharecropping was a staple in the southern economy for eons after the civil war, basically just layered on top of the former slave economy

It was better..
They just didnt know what to do...many stayed with the masters they learned to love

_learned to love_

uh

huh

That is a correct statement

yeah and practices like redlining and blockbusting in the 20th century, totally ethical and a-ok

Not@all@slave@owners@were bad@people

#notallslaveowners

That's actually true. Some slaves, upon release, wished to stay based on how they were treated.

My great grandmother had a Black butler and maid... when she died she left the 2nd house and 60,000 dollars to the both of them. Matthew the butler wept at the funeral

sounds totally real and not at all made up, but how generous of her, huh

Hell yeah Let Us Go <:nasalies:485141702403686403>

and i guess if you're _nice_ to the humans you own as property that you can also sell at-will, it excuses you of well, owning slaves

Yes. Matthew was an incredble man. So was Sophie

They WERE family in our house

Luckily the bible told us how to correctly treat slaves

Get over yerself

by not having any, right

that perhaps it isn't morally right to have complete ownership over someone else's entire existence

but if you're nice to them, well

then it makes it ok

That's not the point

So whats the point?

He came to us voluntarily. It was a job. NOT SLAVERY you dolt

the point is that we shouldn't be too mad at them because, despite owning slaves, they were nice to them

not rlly

it almost like being house staff were the among the only jobs accessible to them at that time

gee i wonder why

Good lord, are you serious?

you are taking ownership of a human