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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
#slavery
#slaveryfacts
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
#slavery
#slaveryfacts
“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
-- 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) ....
“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
— 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
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
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
