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To: SatinDoll

FYI, slavery should never be compared to indentured servitude. The two are not truly equivocal. Perhaps the most important distinction is that offspring of the indentured bear no penalty, while the offspring of a slave, is born into slavery.


12 posted on 07/09/2008 1:56:24 PM PDT by Melas (Offending stupid people since 1963)
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To: Melas

Superficially it would appear that way if you didn’t know the facts.

Indentured servants during the 17th and 18th centuries were treated like the black and Indian slaves, and even housed with them. The mortality rate for indentured slaves was a bit more than 80%!! The odds of living until freedom was small.


27 posted on 07/09/2008 4:37:36 PM PDT by SatinDoll (Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
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