[DiogenesLamp]

Imagine sometime in the far future when owning a dog is outlawed and deemed horrible. And then imagine a future version of the left trying to sell the lie that all past dog owners chained up and beat their dogs in the past. All information on the truth would have to be suppressed.

And I am now inclined to believe it is exactly this sort of lying that has been told regarding the civil war every since the 1860s.

Some time back I got into a discussion about whether slaves were actually abused. I tried to find other examples (beyond that one picture of a former slave's back having been whipped badly) and I couldn't find any.

Abuse of slaves doesn't make any sense because it is counter productive to the value of slaves or the economics of it.

Thinking about this is when I began to wonder if abuse of slaves was actually a lie spread for propaganda purposes.

I now think more than likely it is.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I am 100% certain that “some” slaves were horribly abused, the same as some people today horribly abuse their pets.

But I am also 100% certain that many slaves were treated extremely well, the same as some people today treat their pets almost like family.