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To: NoLibZone

This is just piling-on stupid. He’s right. The ones that came over in 1619 WERE indentured servants.

“In 1619 the first black Africans came to Virginia. With no slave laws in place, they were initially treated as indentured servants, and given the same opportunities for freedom dues as whites.”


31 posted on 02/10/2019 7:09:07 PM PST by plain talk
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To: plain talk

being “treated like” is not the same as “being”.

They did not sign up for it; they were forced into the situation, which made them slaves. That they only were slaves for a period of time makes them less oppressed, but not free.


146 posted on 02/11/2019 9:57:09 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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