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The Forgotten History of White Slaves in America - Mystic Wanderer - 08-23-2017 Okay, it's time for a history lesson. The BLM group thinks they are owed today because their great-great-great grandparents might have been slaves in America. But... they weren't the only ones. A lot of white Irish people were slaves also. Hey, I have Irish in my blood. If I demanded everything for free because of something that happened back in the early 1600's would the government appease me? I think not! (And I wouldn't EXPECT them to.) Quote:Kirsters Baish| The Left is convinced that all African Americans are owed everything they could possibly want because of the fact that slavery once existed in America. There’s a big problem with these claims. White slaves existed as well. RE: The Forgotten History of White Slaves in America - BIAD - 08-23-2017 Well done, Mystic. The truth is that in history, all different types of folks get used and the colour of one's pelt makes no difference to those doing the ordering. Like I keeps saying... this is a class-war, it's just that they haven't told us it is yet. But we'll get there. RE: The Forgotten History of White Slaves in America - Spirit Scribe - 08-24-2017 I can see the difference in the two. When African people were kidnapped and brought in the bottom of filthy ships to America and subjected to generations trapped in slavery, it was a far cry from how some of the others were enslaved. For example there was the indentured servant, which was a form of slavery. I doubt these servants were treated as ugly as the people kidnapped from Africa though. Because of their skin color they were perceived as less than human, which is in and of itself a disgusting attitude to have, especially in this day and age when we are supposedly more civilized. Two of my ancestors were indentured servants for at least seven years, the usual term for that, and their story of how they came to America is one of my favorites that I've run across since I've been doing my genealogy. In England (and most likely other places as well) some ship owners had a shanghai system. The owner or captain of a seafaring vessel would employ a teen he could trust, and have them go around town bragging to other teens about the ship he works on... it's a real fine ship... come on down to the dock on this certain night and I'll show it to you. They would go, and while they were being given a "tour," the captain would set sail taking however many hostages the teen managed to talk onto the ship. There was no way out once they set sail. A few months later they would arrive in America and start out as indentured servants. Two of my ancestors, boyfriend and girlfriend, fell victim to this practice. They served their time as indentured servants, and then when he could finally afford to buy his freedom, she did not have enough money. He took on work and stayed around to help her buy her freedom, and they went off and got married. He ended up serving in the Revolutionary War (as did several more of my ancestors), and later on as a pension he received 300 acres of land in what was originally Virginia. When the Civil War rolled around that part of the state split off and formed a new state, West Virginia. The land my ancestors received as a war pension is now much of Wyoming County, WV. RE: The Forgotten History of White Slaves in America - guohua - 08-24-2017 @"Spirit Scribe" That's really excellent information, have you ever looked into Black Slave Owners in the South and who were more than likely would not allow their Slaves to buy their freedom? It's interesting History that is Not Taught in School or College's and the MSM would never allow this information to be Headline News. Nicolas Augustin Metoyer of Louisiana owned 13 slaves in 1830. He and his 12 family members collectively owned 215 slaves. Quote:One of the most vexing questions in African-American history is whether free African Americans themselves owned slaves. The short answer to this question, as you might suspect, is yes, of course; some free black people in this country bought and sold other black people, and did so at least since 1654, continuing to do so right through the Civil War. For me, the really fascinating questions about black slave-owning are how many black "masters" were involved, how many slaves did they own and why did they own slaves? They owned Slaves and Indenture Servants in the Free Colonies to. Quote:The great African-American historian, John Hope Franklin, states this clearly: "The majority of Negro owners of slaves had some personal interest in their property." But, he admits, "There were instances, however, in which free Negroes had a real economic interest in the institution of slavery and held slaves in order to improve their economic status."There is more to this article here: Source Also, Slave (mostly from White Owners) could buy their freedom. Here is an example: Quote:William Ellison Jr., born April Ellison, (c. April 1790 – December 5, 1861) was a cotton gin maker and blacksmith in South Carolina, a free negro and former slave who achieved considerable success in business before the American Civil War.Now who's going to tell Maxine Watters a Former Slave, was a Slave owner and Supported the South in the Civil War and had a Grandson who Fought For The Confederates. |