Comment on Anon is asking questions.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 days agoThe debt paying off I believe is indentured servitude, where they were meant to be freed after a time period. Wether or not they were is a different matter
Comment on Anon is asking questions.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 days agoThe debt paying off I believe is indentured servitude, where they were meant to be freed after a time period. Wether or not they were is a different matter
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You are correct that is what that means, but my mention of that was about slavery before the US colonies existed. “Indentured Servitude” was a term that first appeared in the 1700s and was basically “non-imported people becoming laborers until their debt is paid,” which then naturally altered the term slaves to be “imported captives that become permanent laborers.” Before that, it was all just called slavery and had the first definition. Obviously that didn’t always go like that, as you know.
In the US colonies and states, I think the safe assumption is that probably almost all of them were racist, or were at least some level of bad. I don’t know if any would have cared enough to specifically not buy non-black slaves, if that is what you were asking. As I said, I never really cared enough about slavery to look for that kind of thing. My curiosity in it never really went beyond historical context.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 days ago
It was possibly easier to stomach slavery if the person you are buying is black and visibly different, as it could help differentiate it from your own kin. However, some people are just cruel and wouldn’t have a problem exploiting a family member if they had the chance. I think because of my former point though, racism was a factor.