Hey CNN lady - there are no free black slaves

[malaise]

There are slaves or free people

[wryter2000]

1. Huh?

Could she have said "freed slaves"? Or maybe she's just dumb.

[malaise]

2. Didn't hear the d

seemed dumb to me but she isn't one of the clueless so I noticed

[wryter2000]

3. Besides...

Friends have told me to use "enslaved people," instead of "slave." Slave makes it sound as if that's an aspect of the person.

[malaise]

5. Excellent point

[niyad]

8. Thank you for this. I might be tempted to add "for profit enslaved people".

[ARandomPerson]

4. context?

Not everyone is watching CNN at this moment

[malaise]

6. Show was speaking with someone about the CNN series Divided we Stand n/t

[brooklynite]

7. "Freed Black Slaves" is correct in the context on the Lincoln show...

There were at the start of Lincoln’s term free Whites, free Blacks and Black slaves (terms used at the time). The Black Slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. Legally, they’re were the same as the free Blacks, but from a historical standpoint, they were a different group.