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In reply to the discussion: The South's Shocking Hidden History: Thousands of Blacks Forced Into Slavery Until WW2 [View all]JCMach1
(27,540 posts)21. Slavery Just went corporate with Share-Cropping
and temporary picking work...
And yes, I am sure there were some horrific ongoing abuses not to mention mass human rights abuses like Rosewood and the Tulsa race riots that were purposefully purged from history for generations.
But, the South is full of contradictions. In the early 19teens, my family adopted the deaf, orphaned son of a man who had worked side by side with them in their logging business. My uncle, still lived with my two old maid aunts until the time of his death.
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xchrom
Jan 2013
OP
No, travel down to the Delta and observe the living conditions and "indentured" blacks
Tutonic
Jan 2013
#63
It doesn't matter. They were robbed of their place in the sun, that they should have had.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#39
Yeah, they want to live off what they stole from others - their freedom, their labor, their lives.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#40
Still happening... disproportionate sentencing for black folks and prison labor...
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#53
The south is different as any internal colony is different. Other internal colonies include:
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#61
If only the 14 year old black kid had been smoking a joint...many here would *applaud* his
Romulox
Jan 2013
#25
if the kid was 17 and black and had Skittles, some here would defend his killing
CreekDog
Jan 2013
#27
I lived in the South in the 50's and 60's and nothing would surprise surprise me about what happened
demosincebirth
Jan 2013
#26