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Demeter

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8. It wsn't just in the distant past, either

Reply to BlueMTexpat (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 07:39 AM

Jul 2015

There's modern slavery in much of the world, including pockets of victims in America.

And there's so many variations on it, as well, some of which aren't officially recognized as "slavery" by name---yet!

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The history of British slave ownership has been buried: now its scale can be revealed [View all] Demeter Jul 2015 OP

It wasn't just the English or Americans. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #1

"Wasn't"? DavidDvorkin Jul 2015 #2

Thank you. I fixed it. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #3

Do you mean that his owner was Marshal Bernadotte? hedda_foil Jul 2015 #4

Always loved that novel! BlueMTexpat Jul 2015 #5

I don't know the name of his owner. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #11

My brother, who is fluent in French after living in Paris, DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #14

You're absolutely correct that it wasn't just the British BlueMTexpat Jul 2015 #6

It wsn't just in the distant past, either Demeter Jul 2015 #8

Too true, which is one reason BlueMTexpat Jul 2015 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #12

Thank you for all of this information you have shared. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #13

Thanks for letting me know. BlueMTexpat Jul 2015 #15

Please add more details. Your ancestor's history is amazing. hedda_foil Jul 2015 #16

I don't know how to post videos or photos. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #18

Corsair pirates used to raid British and continental coastal villages. Joe Chi Minh Jul 2015 #7

But nowhere in the world was slavery practiced on the scale it was in the Southern U.S. Nitram Jul 2015 #9

I doubt if it was ever as vile elsewhere, either. Taking their children with their tender Joe Chi Minh Jul 2015 #10

Nothing is as warped to me as slave owners enslaving their own children. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #19