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The majority of blacks imported to the US were slaves. To suggest otherwise is disingenuous. Never heard of any white slaves, but there was indentured servitude. It was a bit hard to keep them in check because running off and blending in with the free population was not an issue. Yet another benefit to enslaving black people.
BTW, you can't have consensual sex with a slave.
The free population consisted of many mulattoes, mixed race peoples, as well as sizable numbers of blacks. The free population didn't just consist of whites.
The majority of blacks imported to the US were slaves. To suggest otherwise is disingenuous. Never heard of any white slaves, but there was indentured servitude. It was a bit hard to keep them in check because running off and blending in with the free population was not an issue. Yet another benefit to enslaving black people.
BTW, you can't have consensual sex with a slave.
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The majority of blacks imported to the US were slaves. To suggest otherwise is disingenuous. Never heard of any white slaves, but there was indentured servitude. It was a bit hard to keep them in check because running off and blending in with the free population was not an issue. Yet another benefit to enslaving black people.
Many whites are descendants of black slaves who "passed."
Again, varies by region, time period, etc. for example, only 100 years ago, in Ohio, Obama would have been seen as a WHITE man. They even put it in their code of law. That is what happened in Puerto Rico as well where more than half the population identifies as White even though the African ancestry in many is obvious. Again. experiences vary by region and blanket statements tend to be innacurate as they hold up in some cases and not in others.
The free population consisted of many mulattoes, mixed race peoples, as well as sizable numbers of blacks. The free population didn't just consist of whites.
Try again.
I never said the entire population was made of free white people, but the idea that "many" slaves were able to buy their freedom and were free is almost laughable (if it weren't so insulting).
Or we can celebrate how far black Americans have come in the country..... Just a thought....
Celebrate that they've come full circle from oppression to be the face of oppression? Times are good.
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