Black Slavery Myths Debunked

Claim: Every civilization had slavery.

FACT: “Slaves were NEVER chattel until recently — NEVER in world history were slaves considered chattel until MODERN times.”

— Dr. David Neiman

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“Even during Hamarabi’s rule slaves were recognized as human beings, not cattle, under Hamarabi’s rule we have evidence from antiquity of slaves suing their masters and wining a judgments in court.”

-- Dr. David Neiman

Biblical Slavery vs American Slavery

“Slaves were bound to their masters, you could purchase a slave (Torah mentions this with regards to paying debts, slave is paid, must have a certain living standard) ....

.... but they were always recognized as human beings and had real recognized rights.”

— Dr. David Neiman

Historical Context: American Slavery in Comparative Perspective https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/historical-context-facts-about-slave-trade-and-slavery

Facts About African Kings & Slavery

Most slaves sold by African chiefs were WAR CAPTIVES (other tribesmen). (cont)

http://tl.gd/n_1spqq8h 

There was representation of slaves, freeborn and the nobility at the royal court in most African states. (cont)

http://tl.gd/n_1sn7tuq 

"Earlier coerced labor systems in the Atlantic World generally differed, in terms of scale, legal status, and racial definitions, from the trans-Atlantic chattel slavery system that developed and shaped New World societies."

Primary Sources: Slavery before the Trans-Atlantic Trade

http://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/africanpassageslowcountryadapt/introductionatlanticworld/slaverybeforetrade

Transatlantic Slavery Documentary -

Professor Eric Foner on the difference between slavery of the past, and American slavery