Comments for Frederick Douglass http://frederickdouglass.worldhistoryblogs.com Current Events | In His Own Words | If He Blogged... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:06:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Singing And Dancing In The Light Of Progress by African American (Black) Opinion Blog » Georgia schools holds its first integrated prom http://frederickdouglass.worldhistoryblogs.com/2007/04/22/singing-and-dancing-in-the-light-of-progress/#comment-7 African American (Black) Opinion Blog » Georgia schools holds its first integrated prom Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:27:06 +0000 http://frederickdouglass.worldhistoryblogs.com/2007/04/22/singing-and-dancing-in-the-light-of-progress/#comment-7 [...] Welcome to America, land of opportunity and 21st Century Racism. Who would think in 2007 a Georgia School  would be holding its first intergrated prom over 50 years after Brown v Board of Education? While some will say, We’ve come far, we’ve far to go others wonder if American Racism will ever go away. It seems that it won’t go away through white adult leadership. You see it was the senior class leadership that made it happen. Check these reports. Let us know what you think about it. [...] [...] Welcome to America, land of opportunity and 21st Century Racism. Who would think in 2007 a Georgia School  would be holding its first intergrated prom over 50 years after Brown v Board of Education? While some will say, We’ve come far, we’ve far to go others wonder if American Racism will ever go away. It seems that it won’t go away through white adult leadership. You see it was the senior class leadership that made it happen. Check these reports. Let us know what you think about it. [...]

]]> Comment on “That’s Part of Our Tortured, Tangled History.” by Steve Amoia http://frederickdouglass.worldhistoryblogs.com/2007/03/05/thats-part-of-our-tortured-tangled-history/#comment-4 Steve Amoia Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:45:04 +0000 http://frederickdouglass.worldhistoryblogs.com/2007/03/05/thats-part-of-our-tortured-tangled-history/#comment-4 Blair: Thank you very much for your excellent commentary and analysis. All the best, Steve Blair:

Thank you very much for your excellent commentary and analysis.

All the best,

Steve

]]> Comment on “That’s Part of Our Tortured, Tangled History.” by Blair http://frederickdouglass.worldhistoryblogs.com/2007/03/05/thats-part-of-our-tortured-tangled-history/#comment-3 Blair Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:43:48 +0000 http://frederickdouglass.worldhistoryblogs.com/2007/03/05/thats-part-of-our-tortured-tangled-history/#comment-3 Obama’s link to slavery should not be an issue. African Americans who research their family trees are likely to discover they have black as well as white ancestors who onwed slaves. In the United States, thousands of free blacks owned slaves. Some of them were simply purchasing relatives out of slavery, but others bought slaves for the same reason white plantation owners bought slaves. One of the South’s biggest slave owners was a free black man who was notorious for his harsh treatment of slaves. Modern-day Americans may equate the world "slave" with the word "black," but that is true only because of a lack of historical knowledge. The word "slave" derives from the word "Slavic," or Eastern European. Eurpean slaves were still being sold in slave markets in the 1800s. There were also white slaves in colonial America. These are not to be confused with indentured servants (indentured servitude was actually a pretty good deal). These white slaves and their children were wholly owned by their masters the same way black slaves were owned. There were not nearly as many as white slaves as there were black saves because white slaves were in high demand in the Muslim world. This made them too expensive compared to black slaves that could be purchased relatively cheaply from the African slave markets. Most Europeans are the descendants of slaves as well as slave owners. The fuedal system began replacing slavery in Norther Europe during the Middile Ages when landowners discovered collecting rents was easier than owning slaves. Even the Irish's beloved Saint Patrick was a fomer slave. Native Americans also practiced slavery, before and after the European discover of American. The largest slave market that ever existed in the Americas was the one the Aztecs operated in pre-Colombian times. The Native Americans raided European settlements to capture white slaves, who were bartered between the tribes. The Spanish enslaved Native Americans as well as blacks. The American Civil War did not end slavery on tribal lands. The U.S. goverment ended slavery following the Civil War by buying slaves from the tribes. The Cherokee were the last to give up their slaves. The Cherokee Nation recent voted to ban the descendants of Cherokee slaves from the tribal rolls. Obama’s link to slavery should not be an issue. African Americans who research their family trees are likely to discover they have black as well as white ancestors who onwed slaves. In the United States, thousands of free blacks owned slaves. Some of them were simply purchasing relatives out of slavery, but others bought slaves for the same reason white plantation owners bought slaves. One of the South’s biggest slave owners was a free black man who was notorious for his harsh treatment of slaves.

Modern-day Americans may equate the world “slave” with the word “black,” but that is true only because of a lack of historical knowledge. The word “slave” derives from the word “Slavic,” or Eastern European. Eurpean slaves were still being sold in slave markets in the 1800s. There were also white slaves in colonial America. These are not to be confused with indentured servants (indentured servitude was actually a pretty good deal). These white slaves and their children were wholly owned by their masters the same way black slaves were owned. There were not nearly as many as white slaves as there were black saves because white slaves were in high demand in the Muslim world. This made them too expensive compared to black slaves that could be purchased relatively cheaply from the African slave markets.

Most Europeans are the descendants of slaves as well as slave owners. The fuedal system began replacing slavery in Norther Europe during the Middile Ages when landowners discovered collecting rents was easier than owning slaves. Even the Irish’s beloved Saint Patrick was a fomer slave.

Native Americans also practiced slavery, before and after the European discover of American. The largest slave market that ever existed in the Americas was the one the Aztecs operated in pre-Colombian times. The Native Americans raided European settlements to capture white slaves, who were bartered between the tribes. The Spanish enslaved Native Americans as well as blacks. The American Civil War did not end slavery on tribal lands. The U.S. goverment ended slavery following the Civil War by buying slaves from the tribes. The Cherokee were the last to give up their slaves. The Cherokee Nation recent voted to ban the descendants of Cherokee slaves from the tribal rolls.

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