who else wishes we still had slaves?
959224
I have 3 .  my boys!!
1173580
gurl we have been asking this question for 40 years and all we get is u r lucky that u aint still slaves.  so as far as getting it, dont even think about it cause it aint going to happen.  as far as dreaming about getting it, keep on dreaming.  sorry to burst yo bubble but our black leaders are too affraid to speak up for us so that we could get this done.  that is why we as a black nation dont get most of the respect that we deserve because our so-called leaders will not stand up for us as a people.  makes me kinda wish i was born back in the day when martin luther king was handling things at least he stood up for us, even though we got dogs sicked on us and we were not allowed to eat in white resturants, i could have dealt with that better than today cause then they told u that they didnt want u, now the smile in your face and then stab u in the back. so good luck trying to get your 40 acres and a mule.  p.s. if u do holla at me.
161786
But of course he does...comon on now...lets get real he freed the slaves and gave them liberty and if this was not so....we wouldnt have Butter" or a washing machine" or IceCream" or Shea butter" or Lakers or Rap" or afro sheen..and a friend name tyrome" wake up..It was ment too be..
271289
sure ....id love a cloned slave \n\nbut morally correct then no ....
494736
The slave trade has been going on since before written history and continues to this very day.In days of old it was common practice to enslave a defeated enemy, in some civilizations you could even enslave someone for owing a debt. Civilization as we know it was built by slaves, ancient Eygpt, Persia, Geece, Rome, all built by slaves, at one point or another every group has been both the slave and the master. The african slave trade is by no means unique, slavery has been a fact of life in Africa since the beginning, slaves were always valued spoils of war among fighting tribes,Anyone that thinks the slave trade started because a boatload of europeans sailed down to Africa and started rounding up peaceful natives is sadly mistaken, at the time when european nations were getting involved in the slave trade there exsisted on the \nafrican continent a number of very large and powerful kingdoms, each with a large and powerful army, slaves were just one of a number of traded commodities, it should be noted that at the time when europeans were trading for slaves to sell in the americas, arab and african pirates were raiding european coastal villages for white slaves to sell in northern africa. There is no innocent guilt-free party here, everyone has blood on there hands. The slave trade in Africa continues to this day, why doesn't anyone talk about that? Slavery in america is a disgrace this country has to deal with, as are the segregation years that followed. This is still a fresh wound for america, slavery exsisted for three hundred years before the civil war and it's only been fifty years since the civil rights movement, we still have a long way to go, but giving away money doesn't solve anything, if you want to throw money at the problem throw it at education, health care, job training, things that actually do some good.I am not responsible for the sins of my forefathers, I cannot affect the past, only the future,personally, I think we need to spend more energy working on tomorrow than crying about yesterday.
1035352
umm the white man kidnapped us and raped us of everything we had. we wouldnt have needed to be set free of they had stayed there european ass where they belonged instead of coming over on slave ships. and some of us think it becasue YOU DO owe us. We built your god forsaken country and get treated like crap by people LIKE YOU! but you would never know what that feels like because the country that WE built caters to you, you neo nazi! And its becasue of people like you and ur ignorant statements and comments that fuel our hatred towards you all. So now you know why alot of black people cant stand your race! Hope that answered your question hitler
981578
Because many of them felt that women were living in a sort of state of slavery as enslaved africans had been.  Don't you agree?  :)
1163008
Slavery ended along time ago, my brother. Forget the past and look towards the future with God.  We are all one and equal with Him.
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?
531612
No, they should not. It is ridiculous and would be meaningless. The whole campaign appears to be just a fop by a few ne`er do wells as a precursor to demands for `reparation`.\n To the merchants of Bristol, slaves were just a commodity same as any other. Sad I know, but to start demanding apologies from descendants of anyone involved in this trade, or anyone living anywhere that benefitted from this trade is ludicrous. It would involve half the planet.
622088
Well yes, American culture has been greatly enriched by having the cool people live here instead of Africa... without slavery we would never have had the civil rights movement, jazz music, rap music, many of the greatest comedians who ever lived (Richard we miss you) Plus the NBA would be a total snooze fest without our African brothers, now wouldn't it?
659091
It slavery never happen America wouldn't exist today. They probably would be ruled by Indians or Mexican or something. The slightest thing can completely change History. And you know they would be in Africa.
95317
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT DIED FOR OUR RIGHTS let remember the ones that died long before any civil rights person. Because we all forget the ones that where slaves and went through it all. MLK was a good man but he wasn't a slave. Let pay respect to the ones that where slaves too, they carried all the burden of slavery. We like to remember the few that help end it, why not the tens of millions that where. Surley their souls cry out that they died from the oppressoins of slavery, just to have this generation to enjoy the benfits of their struggles then not even acknowledge or remember them. What a disrepect!
1134785
Don't think it's gonna happen, at least not in the US in the near future. Most people at heart are still  racists, tough they may deny it. Unfortunate, but many of em wouldn't want the off-spring of slaves to rule over their good ole white country.\n\nst
1040115
You choose your job and career.  With that, in America slavery does not exist.  Furthermore, spare me the liberal babel that people are forced into jobs because of their upbringing.  Everyone in this country has the ability to utilize the assets that society grants us to better themselves so that they enable themselves to move up the economic ladder.
801191
Must slavery be legal in order to be real?  Or would it not be better to have someone not even realize the extent of their servitude?\n\nPay alone does not erase slavery.  Control over one's destiny is the principal thing.
595217
If that is slavery, what is freedom to you? Freedom to not persue anything? Is that what you call freedom?\n\nThe American dream might be elusive, but to those who strive to get it, usually does, or else the concept might have died long ago.\n\nYes, I was indebt, too. But I had the FREEDOM to pay it off. I never displaced any of my responsibility to anyone else, keeping in mind the freedom to do and rise at a greater height than what I could reach, so as NOT to blame a "system" to my short comings.\n\nYou are only a slave if you view yourself as such. But if see yourself as a free man realizing his potential and applying his unbound liberty to rise among the rest, then you are trully a free man.\n\nBut yet, some are too lazy to do something at this freedom. Instead, succumbs to blame, mostly displacing it other than themselves. They are slaves... Slaves to themselves and their weakness, never realizing their potential.