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absolutelyshafted t1_ixw7p2d wrote

Reply to comment by Strong-Inflation-776 in TIL, that by 1860, there were nearly 4 million people enslaved in the United States. by MookieV

There’s also way way more people now

As a percent of the population, america had a shit ton of slaves and depended on slave labor a lot

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Strong-Inflation-776 t1_ixw8e64 wrote

America still does depend on slave labor; and everyone uses it. If you were the only slave in the world, would statistics matter to you??

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absolutelyshafted t1_ixwbft1 wrote

It’s just important to understand slavery in America if you wanna understand Americas history

You keep trying to use whataboutism to distract from the truth: america was essentially built on slavery. Brazil is the only other country that had so many slaves carrying the economy for so long. And even after slavery ended for blacks, most whites didn’t just accept that. Why would they? It took over 100 years for america to actually stop treating an entire race of people like semi slaves

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Strong-Inflation-776 t1_ixwfdyy wrote

Nobody is using whataboutism. I’m pointing out that america still uses slavery and everyone in America is an active part of it.

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