[Tau Food]

I think you’re thinking may be clouded by years of indoctrination. You have been force-fed “approved” history texts that have confused and twisted the story of our nation and our people.

Slavery was not an ideal institution, but Africa was not an ideal place to live, either. Have you considered how many “slaves” actually came here as volunteers to escape the horrors of Africa? I’ll bet you don’t hear much about that in your mainstream history textbooks, do you?

Try to keep an open mind. Americans are not evil people and Americans never were evil people.

[rockrr]

I think you’re thinking may be clouded by years of indoctrination. You have been force-fed “approved” history texts that have confused and twisted the story of our nation and our people.

I doubt it.

Slavery was not an ideal institution, but Africa was not an ideal place to live, either. Have you considered how many “slaves” actually came here as volunteers to escape the horrors of Africa? I’ll bet you don’t hear much about that in your mainstream history textbooks, do you?

I appreciate your being candid in your moral relativism regarding slavery in America.

Try to keep an open mind. Americans are not evil people and Americans never were evil people.

How does that possibly relate to anything that I've said? I agree that Americans are not evil people - but the southern slaveocracy certainly were.

[wardaddy]

Nice post

Totally lost on Cornel...

[central_va]

Slavery was not an ideal institution, but Africa was not an ideal place to live, either. Have you considered how many “slaves” actually came here as volunteers to escape the horrors of Africa? I’ll bet you don’t hear much about that in your mainstream history textbooks, do you?

Not defending slavery but the worst part of slavery, the most dangerous, was the transit over on the cruel Yankee vessels run by tyrannical and sick scum of the earth Captains. It was so unnecessary. Not all vessels were Yankee registered and operated, but most were.