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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:45 PM Original message |
Slave trade? No, silly. Now we should call it the "Atlantic triangular trade." |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well if Jesus willed it.... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. DAMMIT, Man. EVERYone knows the facts have a decidedly liberal bias. That cannot be allowed to stand |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is what it is even without the prettified language: human trafficking based on racist intent. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Setting aside the motivations of that Texas committee, "Triangular Trade" is |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "Triangle Trade" or "Triangular Trade" has been used for as long as I can remember |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. It is the intent I suspect |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. I remember being taught about the Triangular Trade over 50 years ago. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Agreed. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. It was called Triangular Trade 20 years ago when I learned it. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Molasses to Rum to Slaves....... |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Sugar, not cotton, was the economic reason for most of the slave trade |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. I was taught that the Triangular Trade as INCLUDING the Slave Trade as a part of it. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. it gets worse with each new development |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Maybe there is a liberal bias in academia |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. What's "triangular" about it? |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. the trade ships went from North America to Africa to the Caribbean (to north america) |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. any history teacher |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. Jingoism = Patriotism |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. White Supremacist? Who -- us? |
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BalancedGoat (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't see this as a big deal. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Sorry, but to me it's like renaming The Holocaust "The German Logistical Movement" |
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BalancedGoat (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I disagree. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. In Florida we learned about the Triangular exchange. |
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Seneca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. I noted that their stench has made its way over to the UK |
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