Comment by fastball Comment by fastball 2 days ago 4 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Don't think slave management was the average pre-industrial experience.
Copy Link johnnyanmac a day ago Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link fastball a day ago Parent Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link alchemism a day ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - If you include all pre-industrial people in history, then yes enslavement of outside groups is very much the norm not the exception. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link fastball a day ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Citation needed. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link fastball a day ago Parent Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link alchemism a day ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - If you include all pre-industrial people in history, then yes enslavement of outside groups is very much the norm not the exception. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link fastball a day ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Citation needed. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link alchemism a day ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - If you include all pre-industrial people in history, then yes enslavement of outside groups is very much the norm not the exception. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link fastball a day ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Citation needed. Reply View | 0 replies
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.