Slavery was a choice but at the same time it was not a choice.
I see too many so called blacks get emotionally distressed over slavery. As a so called black American I am not emotionally attached to slavery as many others are. I don't believe in the mainstream narrative of 400 Years of Slavery.
I have studied the history of human activity in the Atlantic world. Europeans shipping MILLIONS of AFRICANS across the Atlantic is extremely exaggerated thousands of Africans were brought to the Americas not millions.
Slavery was a caste system, in fact to be a slave was to be many things. Slaves were just the poor of society and did not always equate to people with dark skin.
Slaves came in different forms: Prisoners of Wars (POWs), Debt Slaves, Servants, and Convicts
Prisoners of War:
Many slaves in the Americas came from European colonization of the Americas. The usual practice was shipping these Indians to other parts in the Americas. The real Middle Passage was the Caribbean Islands, while slaves were traded between South America, Central America, North America, and the Caribbean. With some coming from Africa.
The Yamasee Indian War [Note: Many Indians escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad system since they knew the land]
Debt Slaves:
Most of your debt slaves could be considered servants under the system of Indentured Servitude. These indentured servants came in different colors or nationalities and were POOR. Most of them were European. They worked under contracts because of the debt they owed in most cases.
The Poor Blacks being sent to their Settlement [Note: This image shows blacks of various types including Black Britains and Indians being sent to West Africa specifically Sierra Leone in which the colony becomes known as Freetown]
Servants, Black Boys and Indian Queen:
In America the American Indians practiced their own form of servitude or class of servants.
"The Virginia tribes possessed a people of rank inferior to commons, a sort of servants...called Black Boys attendant upon the gentry"
Convicts:
These were typically men who committed some kind of criminal acts and were punished by imprisonment and labor. No different than the current prison industrial system. In fact the 13th amendment didn't abolish slavery as many falsely believe. It nationalized slavery transferring the property of slaves over to the state. If you read the amendment correctly you would understand.
SUMMARY
Slavery was a choice for many people who were involved for various reasons. People who were trying to pay off a debt chose to work under someone. People who chose to commit crimes, if you can't do the time don't do the crime.
Slavery was not a choice for the people who were prisoners of war, the children who inherited the status of slavery from their parents because of debt and laws that made slavery hereditary. Or just child labor in general
I see too many so called blacks get emotionally distressed over slavery. As a so called black American I am not emotionally attached to slavery as many others are. I don't believe in the mainstream narrative of 400 Years of Slavery.
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I have studied the history of human activity in the Atlantic world. Europeans shipping MILLIONS of AFRICANS across the Atlantic is extremely exaggerated thousands of Africans were brought to the Americas not millions.
Slavery was a caste system, in fact to be a slave was to be many things. Slaves were just the poor of society and did not always equate to people with dark skin.
Slaves came in different forms: Prisoners of Wars (POWs), Debt Slaves, Servants, and Convicts
Prisoners of War:
Many slaves in the Americas came from European colonization of the Americas. The usual practice was shipping these Indians to other parts in the Americas. The real Middle Passage was the Caribbean Islands, while slaves were traded between South America, Central America, North America, and the Caribbean. With some coming from Africa.
The Yamasee Indian War [Note: Many Indians escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad system since they knew the land]
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Debt Slaves:
Most of your debt slaves could be considered servants under the system of Indentured Servitude. These indentured servants came in different colors or nationalities and were POOR. Most of them were European. They worked under contracts because of the debt they owed in most cases.
The Poor Blacks being sent to their Settlement [Note: This image shows blacks of various types including Black Britains and Indians being sent to West Africa specifically Sierra Leone in which the colony becomes known as Freetown]
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Servants, Black Boys and Indian Queen:
In America the American Indians practiced their own form of servitude or class of servants.
"The Virginia tribes possessed a people of rank inferior to commons, a sort of servants...called Black Boys attendant upon the gentry"
Virginian Black Boy
The Indian Queen
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The Indian Queen
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Convicts:
These were typically men who committed some kind of criminal acts and were punished by imprisonment and labor. No different than the current prison industrial system. In fact the 13th amendment didn't abolish slavery as many falsely believe. It nationalized slavery transferring the property of slaves over to the state. If you read the amendment correctly you would understand.
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SUMMARY
Slavery was a choice for many people who were involved for various reasons. People who were trying to pay off a debt chose to work under someone. People who chose to commit crimes, if you can't do the time don't do the crime.
Slavery was not a choice for the people who were prisoners of war, the children who inherited the status of slavery from their parents because of debt and laws that made slavery hereditary. Or just child labor in general
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