Posted on 03/16/2005 8:26:30 AM PST by mr_griz
Modern Day Slavery
By Raymie Lynch
Greetings All
I have been kicking around an idea in my head for the past couple of days and decided to write about it today. I consider myself a historian. In fact, I have a degree in history. I decided to put that training to use today. Most historians have a favorite period of history. My time period is the antebellum south. The antebellum South is a fascinating period in America History. This was the era of big cotton, slavery, large plantations, and the exploitation of immigrants. I am almost a subject matter expert in this era. In fact, I would propose that the emergence of modern day America has it's roots in the customs and practices of the pre-civil war era. The socio-economic structure of the antebellum south was complicated. In fact, I don’t have the time to really give a big picture examination of how it relates to my topic. With that said, I will now make a comparison of the plantation system with what I call modern day slavery.
The typical plantation in the South had a certain hierarchy. At the top was the Master or Owner of the plantation. Believe it or not, a considerable number of them were educated Northern professionals who had migrated to the South and married into established Southern families. Second was the Overseer. Usually this person was a native born white or possibly Irish immigrant hired to keep the slaves in line. Third, you usually had a Slave Driver. This person was usually a trusted slave who would do the bidding of the Master and Overseer. It was the Slave Driver's job to keep the other slaves in line. The Slave Driver also served as a spy and would be rewarded for selling out his fellow brothers and sisters in bondage. It was also his job to sow discord among the slaves to keep them from unifying. Fourth, were the house slaves they were sometimes the illegitimate offspring of the owner. They usually received better housing and clothing. As a trade-off they were at the master's beck and call 24 hours a day. Finally, at the bottom of the pecking order were the field slaves. They were the ones who performed the backbreaking work of tilling the fields of cotton, sugar cane, or tobacco.
Now that I have set the stage, I would like to examine how the plantation system works in modern day America. The Master of the plantation is the Democratic Party. The Overseers are the liberal white elite who set the agenda for the party. They are the ones who push for gay marriage, homosexual rights, removing the 10 commandments, abortion, and removing every trace of God from the public square. The Slave Drivers are the Black Leadership. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the Congressional Black Caucus do the bidding of the Democrats and the liberal white elite to keep the masses in line. They are rewarded for their efforts with money, fame, and passage of more government programs. The house slaves and field slaves are the masses of black people. They are held in bondage to a system that is designed to deceive them and keep them beholden to the master.
During this time period, some slaves rebelled against the system. They either "escaped up North to freedom" or led slave uprisings. In general, these slaves were considered troublemakers by the masses. Usually because of these slaves' actions, life was made harder for the rest of the slaves left behind on the plantation. Sometimes those who escaped, would come back to help others escape. Some were welcomed; while others were greeted with scorn and distrust.
This practice still takes place today. The "troublemakers" who have rebelled from the system are the black conservatives. They either escape from the Democratic Party and join the Republican Party, or they stay and try to get the masses to rebel against the evil platform promoted by the party. Just like in the antebellum south, some of the blacks who have escaped have come back to try to help the masses. Unfortunately, these black conservatives are greeted with scorn and distrust. The modern day overseers and slave drivers have been able to sow discord to keep the masses angry and confused; therefore, unable to dream of a life outside the Democratic Plantation.
Although the situation is looks bleak, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I believe we are on the verge of a second civil war. This war will not be fought with rifles or cannons. It will be a battle of ideologies. I believe the key to winning the war will be the issue of "moral values." If black conservatives are able to convince the masses, who claim to be Christian, that the platform of the plantation is anti-God and evil, the war can be won. If not, the masses will continue in servitude to their Democratic masters.
Ramie Lynch March 2005
The plantation idea is overworked, everyone makes that comparison. To me, the Democratic Party is more like Scientologists - whacky, out of touch, and vicious about dissent or contrary opinions.
Interesting line of thought, but this analogy works equally well for either party.
The house slaves are the millions of black democrats who live on welfare or government subsidies.
The field slaves are the ones who work and pay taxes to support all of the above. And they are not all black.
Well done ping.........
I can't wait for General Frist's march to Atlanta.
"annalogy"
annal-ogy?? this some new hip gay term or something
Say what? This analogy doesn't work at all for Republicans, one of whose planks is self-reliance.
My understanding is that according to old censues reports
there were only 176 Plantation Owners. Cleary not a majority.
I believe the 1880 census (last before lincoln freed the slaves) was 3.9 million slaves in the south (white, black, south american, etc) and 39,000 in the north.
Not the hundreds of millions claimed by black activists.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was announced during the Civil War, in the early 1860s. The effect was immediate.
Black activists make the jump that all blacks who are descended from former slaves deserve the same 'former slave' status. If true, then I need to sue Germany for the Kaiser's oppression of my anscetors in 1800s Silesia.
Good post.
Until people educate themselves on the history of the common man, we will continue to have this kind of thing.
You mean "Anal"?
"You mean "Anal"?"
This was called a "joke" and effort to poke fun at someone mispelling analogy - do you get it or are you humorless
note i do know that Anal is spelt A-N-A-L thank you please drive through
It has been a really rough day for me so far and it ain't over. trying to relax...
I am, after all, a very sarcastic Viking Kitty....
interesting
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