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Genocide, slavery and immigration: No New York Times, Slavery Did Not Make America Rich
Washington Times ^
| 01/02/2019
| Richard Rahn
Posted on 01/02/2019 1:17:56 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: IronJack
Native Americans made lousy slaves.
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posted on
01/02/2019 3:33:49 PM PST
by
myerson
To: alloysteel
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posted on
01/02/2019 3:45:10 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Liberalism: intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
To: DiogenesLamp
But at the time, it was a big money maker. I guess that would explain why the Five Civilized Tribes are so wealthy, they all owned slaves.
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posted on
01/02/2019 4:24:58 PM PST
by
itsahoot
(Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
To: sparklite2
I dont know, man. Mississippi was one of the richest states from King Cotton and look at them now.
Slavery enriched a few but did not create a middle class, as did the northern economy.
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01/02/2019 5:22:13 PM PST
by
nicollo
(I said no!)
To: DiogenesLamp
all that slave mined gold and silver made Spain hugely rich. A lot of the gold and silver was already mined when the conquistadors got there. They may have STOLEN it, or at least traded it for trinkets, but they didn't enslave the natives to mine it. Unlike in the Caribbean islands, where they DID makes slaves of the natives to produce sugar cane and tobacco.
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posted on
01/02/2019 6:19:14 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
01/02/2019 6:29:19 PM PST
by
Eagles6
To: SeekAndFind
Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. Lincolns Second Inaugural Address
Besides, slavery is hardly unique to North America, or to that era. The only literature you will be able to find in history defending the institution is from the American South because the institution was so universal historically that it had never needed defense anywhere else or at any other time.
To: ManHunter
It never ceases to amaze me how their understanding of the slavery issue differs so greatly from that of Americans, particularly white liberals and the race baiters who profit from the racism industry.
Not sure who originally said it, but it seems pretty applicable here:
The slave dreams, not of freedom, but to become the master.
To: Vendome
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how is it that Mexico and other nations, in South America, did not become wealthy?The "leadership" in those places became quite wealthy while the people remained poor. That's what the RATs want for us.
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01/03/2019 8:22:33 AM PST
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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