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To: justshutupandtakeit
Life for an indentured servant was a picnic compared to the field hands in Alabama in the 1840s.

Life for an indentured servant was a picnic compared to that of a free Irish miner in 1890 or a free Slovenian open-hearth mill worker in 1910.

There are bad jobs, and there are worse jobs. Bondmen get worse jobs, but sometimes free men take them, too.

What's your point? Spit it out.

171 posted on 11/15/2004 6:13:06 PM PST by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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To: lentulusgracchus

When you stick your oar in at least know what lake you are rowing. I was responded to another poster attempting to downgrade the evil tyranny of slavery by claiming his ancestor had it worse as an indentured servant.


203 posted on 11/16/2004 7:44:31 AM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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