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Slavery Question: Please Help.
Electron1(Myself)
Posted on 11/06/2003 4:38:04 PM PST by electron1
Hello Everyone,
I am having a discussion with an extremely liberal friend of mine, and he made the claim that only Christian white societies have ever been involved in slavery. I know this isn't true, but for the life of me, can't come up with any counter examples.
Can anybody here assist me in finding counter examples, and resources to back them up?
thanks.
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To: electron1
As another poster noted, if slavery existed before Christ, then which "Christian" nations had slaves before Christ was born?
To: electron1
To: electron1
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:45:37 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: electron1
South America received 1/3 of Africa's slaves. Most of the slave owners in Africa were Black themselves. There are still countless black slaves today owned by blacks in Africa. I think America only received 12% of Africa's slaves.
To: Phantom Lord
As I type this reply, Black people from Africa are being loaded on a boat headed for Arab countries.
I find it remarkable ironic that so many Blacks find Islam in prison and blame the USA for historic wrongs while turning a blind eye to today's wrongs.
I guess the USA has a bigger piggy-bank to satisfy lawsuits.
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:45:59 PM PST
by
Nitro
To: electron1
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:46:04 PM PST
by
Restorer
To: electron1
The Japanese had slaves in WW2
The Egyptians had slaves
American Indians had slaves
African Tribes had slaves
The Ivory Coast ans Sudan still have slaves
and the Liberals have slaves they are call (the media)
To: electron1
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:46:47 PM PST
by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules.)
To: electron1
You can always cite the communist gulags in Asian nations (eg China). The so-called cradle of humanity can also be considered the cradle of slavery. How about the Egyptians and the Jews or the Babylonians and the Jews. Slavery has existed long before Christ walked the Earth. Your liberal friend is an ignorant fool that probably doesn't care for Christians much. You can also let the dolt know that white Christians were largely responsible for the elimination of slavery in the West.
To: electron1
And let's not forget that American Indians, those blessed souls loved by the left, also kept slaves. Indians kept slaves from other bands, or whites, and I'd imagine even some blacks. That is, if they didn't just rape them and kill them right off.
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:47:17 PM PST
by
narby
To: electron1
Actually, many of the African tribes practiced slavery long before the white man. When one tribe defeated another, they would take slaves. When whites arrived, they found that the African nations had very little of value to trade, but they did have manpower in the form of slaves. In the time before the industrial revolution, when man and beast were the engine of industry, manpower that could be purchased was very appealing.
The white man didn't start slavery. He did, however, turn it into a business.
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:47:17 PM PST
by
bootyist-monk
(It's Enrico Palatso!)
To: electron1
I am having a discussion with an extremely liberal friend of mineGet new friends.
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:47:18 PM PST
by
Mark17
To: electron1
On the web, check Gregory Kane's past columns at the Baltimore Sun (
http://sunspot.net). Greg has done a lot of research and pieces on Islamic slavery and the lack of attention given by blacks in America.
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:48:16 PM PST
by
mhking
To: electron1
Well, the people running the empires in Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, Persia, Syria, Canaan, Rome, Parthia, Lydia, Carthage, Troy, or perhaps the Hurrians, the Hittites, the Etruscans...good heavens, it goes on and on...all these had slaves well before Christ graced the earth.
Your friend is a liberal moron. But there I repeat myself...
To: bulldogs
Man, what do you think "Back to Aztlan" is all about? The Aztecs at the pyramids of Tenochtitlan carved hearts out of captured slaves and threw them down the steps. The Incas were damn close to a slave culture, plenty of serfs. The romans were about a 1/3 slave culture for quite a while. The Egyptians kept slaves, ever hear of Moses? The Greek Spartans enslaved other Greeks (the hellots, I think). Chinese coolies weren't invented here in the U.S. Mao Tse Tung and Pol Pot ran re-education camps which were the same as slavery. Should I continue?
To: Texas_Jarhead
white Christians were largely responsible for the elimination of slavery in the West. Not only in the West, but in the rest of the civilized world.
I think the Quakers, in particular, were great abolitionists.
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:49:48 PM PST
by
narby
To: TheyConvictedOglethorpe
and those "white Christian" societies were the first ones to decide slavery was wrong. Excellant point!
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:50:20 PM PST
by
Holly_P
To: electron1
To: dagnabbit
Sell your stupid friend to the Saudis.That is rude, crude and socially irresponsible...
I LOVE IT!!
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:50:44 PM PST
by
Nitro
To: electron1
This person is so friggin indoctrinated that he WILL NOT BELIEVE anything you offer as a counter argument. He will start by saying, "Well, this person can say anything. What proof is this?"
If you continue, he will say, "Well neither you nor I were there so this is not really verifiable!"
When you bring forth further information, he will just poo-poo the whole idea and get that smug "I know better than anyone" look that most libs put on when caught with the lie.
Save yourself a bunch of trouble and aggrivation....punch the SOB in the face and tell him to get scrawed!
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posted on
11/06/2003 4:51:58 PM PST
by
lawdude
(Liberalism: A failure every time it is tried!)
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