What is not really discussed in American classrooms and popular culture about the slave trade and the New World is that less than 4% of all African slaves ended up in North America - the rest were sent to the Caribbean and South America. And the reason for this is because in the latter locations they were simply worked to death so the supply had to be continually refreshed, whereas in colonial America they were much better taken care of, allowed to marry and have children, etc.
But none of that can be raised because it destroys the narrative about the US being uniquely stained by its past, that it owes an incredible debt to the descendants that can only be rectified through insanely huge transfers of wealth, and that all deficits between blacks and everyone else in modern society can be traced back to slavery and subsequent discrimination.
Another reality is that black Americans already have been the recipients of the most expensive social engineering experiment and transfer of wealth to a minority population in human history. The results of that raise questions most people don't want to confront, much less answer honestly.
Slavery was widespread to the point of being universal for all of human history until White people started to ban it so of course White people are the only ones criticized for it.
I find it difficult to agree with you about the economic value of slavery, compared to free labor. slaves needed to be cared for whether they were needed or not, and the only incentive they had to work hard was punishment. it is an archaic economic system.
The 1:1 link between emancipation and Reformation is not true. Slavery was gradually abolished in England much earlier than the Reformation. It had to do with the Norman Conquest. Gradually even villeiny (ie the lord of manor being able to extract services from his tenants) was no longer tenable, so it fell by the wayside. Sir William Blackstone, 18th century English Chief Justice said so. On the other hand, Protestant landholdings in Mecklenburg-Pommern (Swedish, then Prussian) still had villeiny till the 1820s or so.
With slaves being more productive than free labor, it ain't necessarily so either. It's simply that Europeans refused to do back-breaking free labor in the fields when it was too hot. Initially, Jamestown colonists tried Irish indentured servants, but that was not economically successful too. North of Mason-Dixie these things were not a problem.
I'm reading Tom DiLorenzo's book Lincoln Unmasked and his ACTUAL attitudes toward slavery before and during his presidency. Replete with evidence that is contrary to the crap "history" published as accepted fact that I was taught. I have a few more of his other books after this and highly recommend him to anyone open to a more realistic (less lionized lying) version of dishonest Abe.
"Slavery" (25Apr2025) is a very good show that's giving me food for thought.
The Wednesday 23 April 2025 show with Paul Ramsey was one of the weaker productions you've participated in. "Women" is a good topic for bullshitting with each other at the bar. For an hourlong recorded production, I'm not so sure that was the best possible topic.
I deleted the X app off my phone about mid-week and have not looked at any X posts since then.
Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made by Eugene D. Genovese is another book that goes in depth on the peculiar institution and he also caught some hell for not portraying it as horrifically as the liberal consensus demands
What is not really discussed in American classrooms and popular culture about the slave trade and the New World is that less than 4% of all African slaves ended up in North America - the rest were sent to the Caribbean and South America. And the reason for this is because in the latter locations they were simply worked to death so the supply had to be continually refreshed, whereas in colonial America they were much better taken care of, allowed to marry and have children, etc.
But none of that can be raised because it destroys the narrative about the US being uniquely stained by its past, that it owes an incredible debt to the descendants that can only be rectified through insanely huge transfers of wealth, and that all deficits between blacks and everyone else in modern society can be traced back to slavery and subsequent discrimination.
Another reality is that black Americans already have been the recipients of the most expensive social engineering experiment and transfer of wealth to a minority population in human history. The results of that raise questions most people don't want to confront, much less answer honestly.
Slavery was widespread to the point of being universal for all of human history until White people started to ban it so of course White people are the only ones criticized for it.
I find it difficult to agree with you about the economic value of slavery, compared to free labor. slaves needed to be cared for whether they were needed or not, and the only incentive they had to work hard was punishment. it is an archaic economic system.
The 1:1 link between emancipation and Reformation is not true. Slavery was gradually abolished in England much earlier than the Reformation. It had to do with the Norman Conquest. Gradually even villeiny (ie the lord of manor being able to extract services from his tenants) was no longer tenable, so it fell by the wayside. Sir William Blackstone, 18th century English Chief Justice said so. On the other hand, Protestant landholdings in Mecklenburg-Pommern (Swedish, then Prussian) still had villeiny till the 1820s or so.
With slaves being more productive than free labor, it ain't necessarily so either. It's simply that Europeans refused to do back-breaking free labor in the fields when it was too hot. Initially, Jamestown colonists tried Irish indentured servants, but that was not economically successful too. North of Mason-Dixie these things were not a problem.
I'm reading Tom DiLorenzo's book Lincoln Unmasked and his ACTUAL attitudes toward slavery before and during his presidency. Replete with evidence that is contrary to the crap "history" published as accepted fact that I was taught. I have a few more of his other books after this and highly recommend him to anyone open to a more realistic (less lionized lying) version of dishonest Abe.
"Slavery" (25Apr2025) is a very good show that's giving me food for thought.
The Wednesday 23 April 2025 show with Paul Ramsey was one of the weaker productions you've participated in. "Women" is a good topic for bullshitting with each other at the bar. For an hourlong recorded production, I'm not so sure that was the best possible topic.
I deleted the X app off my phone about mid-week and have not looked at any X posts since then.
Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made by Eugene D. Genovese is another book that goes in depth on the peculiar institution and he also caught some hell for not portraying it as horrifically as the liberal consensus demands
Slaves have rights as in the right to be a slave with no alternatives. Refuse slavery and you will be murdered.