Comment by johnnyanmac

Comment by johnnyanmac 2 days ago

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pre-industrial? Lots of tending to the farm, caring for family, and managing slaves I suppose. Had some free time between that to work with your community for bonding or business dealings or whatnot.

fastball 2 days ago

Don't think slave management was the average pre-industrial experience.

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  • johnnyanmac a day ago

    Depends on your region, but let's not pretend it was some rarity pre cotton gin. You didn't need to be as rich as yo think to have slave labor.

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    • fastball a day ago

      Quite the leap to go from "pre-industrial people" to "Antebellum US Southerners", and even then the majority of that (hyperspecific) group did not own slaves.

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      • alchemism a day ago

        If you include all pre-industrial people in history, then yes enslavement of outside groups is very much the norm not the exception.

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