Yes, exactly! So are you familiar with Horace, the poet? Did you know that his father was a freed slave?
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Replying to @OnTheRight_UK @LindaDark63 and
Okay so in two generations, Horace's family went from slave to lauded poet, citizen, confidant of major political figures, etc.
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Can you find a comparable example of social mobility in American slavery? Did you know Roman freedmen were citizens...
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While black freedmen in, for instance, North Carolina were deprived of the franchise? Did you know New York dropped the property requirement
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For white people but not for blacks? You must understand: American heritable racial caste slavery was, if not exactly unique...
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Truly one of the most dehumanizing and horrific practices of slavery the world has ever seen. It was bad FOR SLAVERY.
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So yes, slavery has existed in various forms for most of human history. But white Americans in particular created an especially evil system
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1) Yes! 2) No! 3) Yes! Also um, you see the difference between a few exceptional blacks rising over 400 years vs Horace in two generations?
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