A lot of these idiot liberal morons think the USA INVENTED slavery.
I have to keep telling them that it was a way of life before the USA led the world in eliminating it.
You went to Africa to buy slaves because that is where the slave store was. People sold themselves into slavery. Indentured Servants was the nice name for slavery.
“Indentured Servants was the nice name for slavery.”
An old song by the Irish Rovers describes that.
Hiring Fair
He said, “You’re welcome with me, Johnny. And you’re with a decent man.”
But little I knew what I had to do for Grady of Stravan.
As I went down to the Hiring Fair in a place they call the Strand,
Twas there I hired for seven long years with Grady of Stravan.
And before I went and hired with him, he was very nice to me.
He promised me eggs and bacon, and he then shook hands with me,
Saying “You’re welcome with me, Johnny. And you’re with a decent man.”
But little I knew what I had to do for Grady of Stravan.
When I went up to my bed that night, I let out an awful bawl.
For the fleas they made a fierce attack, and I got no sleep at all.
When I came down for my breakfast, what do you think I see,
But a dozen squawling children saying “Is there anything there for me?”
He said, “You’re welcome with me, Johnny. And you’re with a decent man.”
But little I knew what I had to do for Grady of Stravan.
I worked on Grady’s farm til I looked an awful sight.
My bones were pushing through my skin, for I worked from morn til night.
One day, I died and passed away, and Grady gave a grin,
Saying “He’ll make good fertilizer, and there’s plenty more like him.”
Saying “You’re welcome with me, Johnny. And you’re with a decent man.”
But little I knew what I had to do for Grady of Stravan.
Writer(s): Will Millar
To say 'led' implies being first or being decisive and on that basis I am afraid that I must disagree. The greatest effort against slavery in the Western World was led by Great Britain from the mid 1700s. This resulted in Parliament passing the 1807 Slave Trade Act that led to the British Royal Navy establishing an anti-slave ship squadron in West African waters.
I commend the excellent movie, AMAZING GRACE, a biopic about William Wilberforce, for this subject and time period.
Yeah they do, but slavery has been around for thousands of years. The Egyptians for example enslaved the Jews, the ancient Greeks had slaves and the Romans made the Christians their slaves.