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<blockquote data-quote="boondocks" data-source="post: 1283665" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p>As someone who was never enslaved, personally I don't feel I have the right to say that those who <em>were</em> should've just waited a bit longer. Seems like to me folks that owned slaves were kinda keen to hold onto them. </p><p></p><p>Would you rather be enslaved or free, even if being free meant you had to/got to fend for yourself? So many people on these boards talk a lot about valuing personal liberty and the right to self-determination. You can't pick and choose who gets those rights.</p><p></p><p>Slavery was a cancer, an abomination, that cannot be morally defended. It was a stain on the country as a whole, not just the South. Unfortunately, we are still seeing human trafficking cases even today in the US, although nowadays it is hidden more in the cities, to my understanding. See eg: <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hall-372354-immigration-ibrahim.html" target="_blank">http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hall ... rahim.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boondocks, post: 1283665, member: 20599"] As someone who was never enslaved, personally I don't feel I have the right to say that those who [i]were[/i] should've just waited a bit longer. Seems like to me folks that owned slaves were kinda keen to hold onto them. Would you rather be enslaved or free, even if being free meant you had to/got to fend for yourself? So many people on these boards talk a lot about valuing personal liberty and the right to self-determination. You can't pick and choose who gets those rights. Slavery was a cancer, an abomination, that cannot be morally defended. It was a stain on the country as a whole, not just the South. Unfortunately, we are still seeing human trafficking cases even today in the US, although nowadays it is hidden more in the cities, to my understanding. See eg: [url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hall-372354-immigration-ibrahim.html]http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hall ... rahim.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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