Mikeoxenormous
Diamond Member
So Tommy Taint, it is easy for you to join the liberal bandwagon and bash US for what Southern Democrats did with people they though were inferior, but it all goes back to the white supremists of Britain who were the original occupiers of the colonies. Again, worry about your own racist heritage and keep the fuck out of ours.
Slavery in the Colonies: The British Position on Slavery in the Era of Revolution
Slavery in the Colonies: The British Position on Slavery in the Era of Revolution
To turn a profit, the British established plantations within these islands and along the east coast of North America whose fertile soils could produce the necessary exports. The British concentrated their efforts within the Atlantic slave trade by sending cargo ships full of captive Africans to the Caribbean. There, they were held in bondage and worked mostly the sugar cane plantations.
In America, the importation of captives was less prevalent, at least in the first decades. The main force behind the plantations of sixteenth-century British America were indentured servants. These people, most of whom were white, were often criminals, runaways, or undesirables from England who either volunteered or were forced into service for a set amount of time.
Once their time had been worked, they often were eligible for freedom. African slaves could be indentured servants too, persons who were brought over and could work under a contract. Others who were enslaved were emancipated after a set number of years worked. In these early years, most colonial laws were flexible when it came to the structure of chattel slavery. Even former slaves who were now free could own enslaved Africans of their own.