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3. It's not complicated. Enslaved people were never meant to be free...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Jul 26, 2023, 12:54 PM

Jul 2023

so their skills and unpaid labor and output belonged to their enslaver. In fact, the enlavers fought a civil war to ensure that the enslaved were never free.

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Eugene Robinson: Florida curriculum on slavery is an obscene revision of Black history [View all] Nevilledog Jul 2023 OP

K&R spanone Jul 2023 #1

Anyone who says slavery benefitted Black People is either an Idiot, a Republican, or both. LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #2

It's not complicated. Enslaved people were never meant to be free... brush Jul 2023 #3

Eugene Robinson is a wonderful writer. Thanks immensely for the gift link to WaPo. Hekate Jul 2023 #4

Teachers must refuse to teach lies. Unions must back them. BadgerMom Jul 2023 #5

I'm glad we're letting them know they can't add this crap without us knowing Ohioboy Jul 2023 #6

Great line by Mr. Robinson: 70sEraVet Jul 2023 #7

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DeSatan is a nasty little fucker who's trying to lock kids into his own fantasy Warpy Jul 2023 #9

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