[2ndDivisionVet]

Unbelievable. GTFOOMC if you don’t like it here!!

[GeronL]

Slavery was an evil system, in which the great majority of victims were blacks, and the great majority of whites involved in slavery were willing participants

If someone wrote a book about the history of slavery, US slavery would probably only be a short chapter.

[colorado tanker]

I think the reviewer was right. Slaves were treated terribly, like, well, slaves, but it was economically counterproductive to physically damage a slave and reduce their productivity. Because of the prohibition on importation, by 1860 slaves were extremely valuable in the currency of the day. Indeed, most Southerners could not afford to own a slave.

[CrazyIvan]

Not all slaves were treated badly. Some were actually treated very well if for no other reason than they were a major investment. That said, being treated as pampered livestock is still being treated as livestock.

[BenLurkin]

Truth offends liberals.

[Secret Agent Man]

it is ironic that blacks who claim to hate slavery, and say they are slaves now when they aren’t in america, join islam, a “religion” that allows slavery of non-islams as a “nice” way to treat them.

[Palio di Siena]

As I understand it, the productivity gains were mainly due to improved planting and cultivation more than driving the workers harder.