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">https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/h...
Facts About African Kings & Slavery

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

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There">https://tl.gd/n_1spqq8h... was representation of slaves, freeborn and the nobility at the royal court in most African states. (cont)

http://tl.gd/n_1sn7tuq ">https://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">https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/...
Transatlantic Slavery Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY-5Hq2B4rM">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Professor Eric Foner on the difference between slavery of the past, and American slavery https://youtu.be/WbgX-agz4WQ ">https://youtu.be/WbgX-agz4...
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