United States was among the last nations in the Americas to abolish slavery

"There are tens of millions of people trapped in various forms of slavery throughout the world today. Researchers estimate that 40 million are enslaved worldwide, generating $150 billion each year in illicit profits for traffickers."
https://www.freetheslaves.net/our-model-for-freedom/slavery-today/

"New slavery has two chief characteristics—it’s cheap and it’s disposable. Slaves today are cheaper than ever. In 1850, an average slave in the American South cost the equivalent of $40,000 in today’s money. Today a slave costs about $90 on average worldwide. (Source: Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy. See all Free the Slaves books.)"

"Slavery flows into our homes, offices, and schools through many of the products we buy. Slaves harvest cocoa in West Africa, and it ends up in our chocolate. Slaves make charcoal in Brazil, which is used to run smelters that make steel for our cars. Many food products and raw materials are tainted by slavery—such as tomatoes, tuna, shrimp, cotton, diamonds, iron, sugar, and gold."

"There was a time when slavery was legal, and people considered it morally acceptable and economically essential. The battle to build a global consensus that slavery is unjust and unneeded has been won. Now we need to finish the job by freeing those still trapped in bondage."
 
And the only nation to kill hundreds of thousands of its citizens and destroy 40% of its economy to do it.
Silly since it would have gone away on its own or coujd have been negotiated as did ither countries.
But Lincoln lusted for blood.
 
Celticguy said:
And the only nation to kill hundreds of thousands of its citizens and destroy 40% of its economy to do it.
Silly since it would have gone away on its own or coujd have been negotiated as did ither countries.
But Lincoln lusted for blood.
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"1833 - Britain passes Abolition of Slavery Act, ordering gradual abolition of slavery in all British colonies. Plantation owners in the West Indies receive 20 million pounds in compensation"
from Cinnabar's link.

'Compensation'. That may have been a better alternative.
 
Tranquillus in Exile said:
I'm not sure the slave-owners would have accepted that without a fight. It was a crucial part of their economy.

Slavery in the British Empire was comparatively less important by 1833.
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It was pretty important in the West Indies.
"In the Caribbean, Great Britain colonised the islands of St. Kitts and Barbados in 1623 and 1627 respectively, and later, Jamaica in 1655. These and other Caribbean colonies became the center of wealth and the focus of the slave trade for the growing British Empire.[1]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_British_and_French_Caribbean
 
Cinnabar said:
How pitiful and shameful.
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According to white people in the South, the decision to maintain slavery was regrettable and unfortunate. But sadly white people had no choice but to enslave black people, because only black people were adapted to manual labor in the subtropical heat of the south (while white men undoubtedly sat on the shaded veranda sipping lemonade). You could almost say southern whites were forced to enslave blacks, by unfortunate happenchance.

Mississippi Statement of Secession, 1861

Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth.

These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun.

These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin.

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_missec.asp
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Jack said:
"1833 - Britain passes Abolition of Slavery Act, ordering gradual abolition of slavery in all British colonies. Plantation owners in the West Indies receive 20 million pounds in compensation"
from Cinnabar's link.

'Compensation'. That may have been a better alternative.
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Thats the crux.
They covered the depreciation of the fixed assets which erased the cost.
So simple but Lincoln wanted blood.
 
Jack said:
... and your point?
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The point is that it had to come down to a war within a country to abolish slavery. A country that considered itself superior to other countries certainly didn't walk the walk. Yeah...it was exceptional alright.
 
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Cinnabar said:
How pitiful and shameful.
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Yeah....thanks to your friendly neighborhood DEMOCRATS...the party of Slavery. Just document one historical instance of any republican promoting slavery or owning a slave. Indeed...pitiful and shameful. The party of Jim Crow, the KKK, Slavery, Anti Civil rights, anti women suffrage and the right to own property. :laugh:

Reality: In a republic such as is the United States of America...slavery existed because THE PEOPLE wanted it to legally exist, but that does not stop this universal truth upon which this nation was founded from being TRUE. All men are created equal. Truth never evolves....but societies do. When society evolved to the point of accepting slavery in form of flesh peddling as a property..as an evil, The Rule of law changed to reflect that evolution proving that the Constitution was drafted with societal evolution in mind.

Don't fool yourself....slavery (not flesh peddling) but slavery is still alive and well with the Untied States leading the way....its called the PENAL SYSTEM, with the US being the holder (per capita) and having the honor of the STATE owning more humans than any other nation on earth. As we speak slavery exists in the US criminal justice system which holds almost 2.3 million people in slavery to the states (1,719 state prisons) (109 federal prisons) (1,1772 juvenile correction detention centers) (3, 163 local/county jails) and (80 Native American county jails) not to mention the military prisons, immigration detention centers, psych hospitals....etc.

The point: There is such a thing as JUSTIFIABLE SLAVERY......society has evolved to call it a JUSTICE SYSTEM. Not one of these individuals are of their own free will properties of the STATE.

But...as history actual points out......slavery (the practice of enslaving innocent human beings for the purpose of calling them private property) was a DEMOCRAT endeavor. :bigthink:
 
Ralph said:
Yeah....thanks to your friendly neighborhood DEMOCRATS...the party of Slavery ... as history actual points out......slavery (the practice of enslaving innocent human beings for the purpose of calling them private property) was a DEMOCRAT endeavor.
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Yeah. Slavery in the American colonies started in the 17th century. All the Democrats supported it and all the Republicans were against it.

[size=+1]BS.[/size] Why do you people have to ransack history to prop up your inane interpretations of party politics? Do you think anybody is convinced by it? Most of the Democrats you refer to have been solid Republican for the past half century.
 
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