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| The Forgotten True Story of The White Slaves of Barbary | |
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| Alt Right PEPE | Sep 20 2017, 09:03 PM Post #1 |
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The Forgotten True Story of The White Slaves of Barbary http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/white-slaves-of-barbary In this media climate – and if you’re a student of pop culture, you’d think that slavery was invented by white people and only practiced by white people. Edited by Alt Right PEPE, Sep 20 2017, 09:04 PM.
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"Be polite, be friendly. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." Gen Mattis | |
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| Harambe4Trump | Sep 22 2017, 12:32 PM Post #2 |
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Not forgotten, hidden. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| Demagogue | Sep 22 2017, 01:14 PM Post #3 |
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Everyone who is a student of history is aware of this. Unfortunately, we don't really teach history in the US public schools anymore. We teach popular culture aspects of history but not actual history. Of course anyone who is in any way affiliated with the Marine Corps and US navy should be aware of this bit of history. |
| People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do them harm. | |
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| clone | Sep 22 2017, 01:20 PM Post #4 |
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Whitewashed.....
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| Tsalagi | Sep 22 2017, 02:19 PM Post #5 |
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One of the main difference that the Barbary Pirates had over US Southern slaveowners was the fact that the Pirates more often then not ransomed the crews back to their countries of origin. And while it is true that slavery was not invented solely by the white man, North African political scenarios had zero to do with slavery as it existed in the southern United States. The British Empire ended slavery but the slave trade anywhere within the British Empire not more then 30 years after the Revoluntionary War. Had it not been for the Civil War, there is every indication that slavery here in the south would have continued and brought into the western territories. From the link. "In reality, the corsairs were not concerned with the race or religious orientation of those they captured. Slaves in Barbary could be black, brown or white, Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Jewish or Muslim." Edited by Tsalagi, Sep 22 2017, 02:21 PM.
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| Demagogue | Sep 22 2017, 02:36 PM Post #6 |
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By the time of the Civil War the importation of slaves into the USA had ended and the need for that form of labor was in a downswing due to modern inventions such as the cotton gin and others. I have seen scholarly articles that estimated that slavery would have ended in the south within 20 years. I've seen others that suggested it would take longer but most I have read saw the practice ending in time without the war. An interesting fact, technically Delaware did not legally end slavery within its borders until 1901 when it ratified the 13th amendment. Since the war proved that US law superseded state law obviously in 1865 slaver overall ended with the ratification of the 13th amendment but Delaware did not ratify that law itself until 1901... Back to the subject at hand, the slavery in the barbary states (and especially the high point referenced in the OP) predate the existence of the USA and it predates the European practice of paying off the Barbary Pirates so that the would not attack European shipping as much. The US of course chose that we would not pay for freedom of navigation and we fought the pirates on principle and on the fact that we simply did not have the money to pay them off like many European nations did. It was cheaper for us to send in the Marines. Edited by Demagogue, Sep 22 2017, 02:40 PM.
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