do you agree: "the slave who enjoys his slave life is the real slave"; nowadays 2, don't u think so?
407557
Yes,because a conformist will always be content in his environment. Only those who are non-conformist will disagree and fight to break the bonds of entrapment.
1060895
I hate to say it but, I agree. I think that we all need to acknowledge that 1) the past happened; 2) it was worst than horrible thing that you could imagine; 3) it made white people think that blacks were not human; 4) it created laws to exclude blacks; and 5) it affects the way blacks see themselves today and how whites view blacks.\n\nI wish that we could all take a person and examine that individual for who he/she is and not for what race they happened to be born in. \n\nBy the way, don't use the argument that whited help end slavery. While they may have been so, in the grand scheme of things, it's like putting a Kleenex over a gunshot wound. ALL blacks don't hate ALL white and ALL whites don't hate ALL blacks, but it sure does seem that way sometimes. I think that too much bitterness exist in blacks and white people just don't understand how far and how deep the hurt goes. I was raised by parents who could drink from the white water fountain or couldn't sit down to eat lunch with their white friends and couldn't go to the white beach. Those experiences and worse have shaped the generations. \n\nAs a psychologist, a believe in moving forward. I believe that in order to be ones best self, one must not get caught up in the past hurts and live life as a victim. One has to free themselves from the past. You should not feel responsible for slavery but should only be responsible for your own actions. Nor should I treat you any differently because of the actions of some people who happen to be white. I don't know what it would take for society as a whole to move towards this concept.
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The old testament did make references to slavery as if it was normal,as long as Jews weren't enslaved.Leviticus 24:44 said not to enslave Jews,but if you need slaves,you may buy them from other nations.\nOnly a man would say that it is not OK to enslave your own people,but OK TO enslave others,not God.We are all God's children.No one should be enslaved,period.Then somewhere else in the old testament it said that If a man rapes a woman,he would be sentenced to death. If he rapes a slave,he would be punished,but not sentenced to death because she was just a slave.Something like that.Why would anyone believe that is a word of God?\n\nI remember Jesus using slavery as an example to make a point,but I don't think he was condoning slavery.It was just a parable.I wish I could remember the exact verse.\n\nSlavery is wrong,period.It is insane to believe that God would condone people being mistreated as long they weren't Jews?That doesn't sound like a loving God.
373399
Yes he was. In fact, Jefferson's personal records show he owned more than 650 slaves in his lifetime, some of whom were inherited from his parents and through his wife.
140461
Not uncomfortable as much as saddened. It reminds me of the unjust servant who demanded of his slave to repay his debt of $5 after he was forgiven $50,000 that he owed. They will never go unless they can forget the past and look to Jesus--where they are suppose to be walking toward. You cannot serve two masters, you will either love one and hate the other or be devoted to one and hat the other. If they love civil rights more than growing in the Lord, they will lose their true freedom.
891523
Which white people are you talking about?  No one that I know has a problem with anyone, black or white, discussing slavery and learning about it.  I do have an issue with those who pick the most outrageous incidents and state as a fact "We know your evil, wicked, dirty ancestors beat, tortured and killed millions of innocent slaves".  Millions killed is an extreme exaggeration.  Think about it for a minute.  The slaveowner's livelihood depended on slave labor.  They were valuable property.  What modern farmer would deliberately wreck his tractor or risk damaging it by purposely exceeding its mechanical limits?  And, concerning your point #4, are the Black Africans who accepted those guns in exchange for slaves any less responsible than the white slavers who offered them?
376733
The paradox is that since slavery is about power then the effect cannot be equal. The enslaver is the power holder  while the slave is the submissive. So, the enslaver is in a more advantegous position to derive a benefit from the power structure while the slave is disadvantaged....think about it this way....slavery as a power structure only has a place for 2 sides (2 sides of the same coin as it were)...but the consequences/benefits are different depending on your place in the power structure....\n\nSo following this line of thinking, a good paradox would be ..."slavery represents 2 sides of the same coin with different weights"....
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“Who Freed the Slaves?,” thought-provoking article written by James M. McPherson, asks who or what was responsible for freeing slaves in the United States. Was it Lincoln as most people presume or the slaves themselves?  McPherson explores many theories in this article, including ____________ , _____ and ________. For each theory he observes, probes and calls into question their stability from all points of view.\n\nI would summarize his theories in the blanks above, the way you had it listed before didn't make any sense.\n\nWhat was the assignment, just to summarize what the article discussed? Was there a conclusion in the article? If so, you should discuss the conclusion.
38346
How hasn't it... I am a 7th generation daughter of a slave and Looking back over the last 141 yrs, our people have went from being slaves of white owners to being slaves of themselves...like gangs and racial seperation among ourselves. We need to wake up and get our crap together.
435249
I resent you saying that I have the same mind set as my ancestors whom you claim owned slaves.  All white people did not own slaves, in fact, a lot of them were against it and fought for the freedom of the slaves.  I have always been on the slaves side when I have read or seen anything about slavery.  Just because I am white does not mean I think slavery is acceptable.  I think it was deplorable!  However, a lot of other people have been wronged in history too, mainly, the indians whom we stole this very land from.  Are you going to make repairations to the indians for the fact that YOUR ancestors stole THEIR land????!!!!!
530237
Slavery has been around way before the Americas were found. Egyptians built their pyramids from slave labor. Ignorance is bliss and you are the most blissful person I've seen in a while.
705890
Hey dude calm down this is 2006. All the slaves are dead. And who the hell are you to throw off your beliefs on someone else? Get a life.  I am black as hell and I don't ever think about what they did 100 years ago. Not even during Black History month.
1107400
Who says it wrong to bring up slavery by anyone?  Blacks tend to use it as an excuse for historical problems.
420913
I think he was.  Yea, he was a racist, but so was Lincoln.  He had slaves, but who didnt?  Its easy to judge him now out of context, but he was born and raised in Va since 1807, it was the way of life,so you cant judge him using today's standards.  It takes extraordinary people to go against popular belief, but just because you dont, doesnt make you a bad person.
268991
highly educated slave
742524
I think it was wrong that it ever existed in the first place - and yes it needed to end, but...........\n\nIt is interesting to note that when slavery was finally abolished, many newly freed men and women suddenly found themselves without homes, without food and without work.\n\nAs such, no small number actually asked the ex-slave owners if they could continue working for them under the same terms as before. This was especially the case where the slave-owner had been one who was reluctant to use the whip and was a more agreeable "master" than most of the others.
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Two things are required for one to be a slave...\n1)  be a male\n2)  be married\n\nlol\n\nJust kidding!