Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy Date: 2 Nov 2024 19:38:10 GMT Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <2ItTO.338744$v8v2.95701@fx18.iad> <199392d0-9628-8177-2f3b-35b23a721dd4@example.net> <086607f1-2283-f7fb-ddf9-ac4766b06530@example.net> <1ea1cd67-c7f5-c7c8-1ab2-a4aeaea78a40@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net C6OBuk4qBj54a0dyWtsUpgTg6tr9ow3w8LmKl0xXAqX4W3j/WR Cancel-Lock: sha1:eTQx+R/DLytldOrsetw0yqyZ1zY= sha256:NU4R57Ang+OQ7nT3Ah8ISqdQxqX2p8Lbf9lWAZhC7Jw= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228423 comp.os.linux.misc:60359 On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 11:44:25 +0100, D wrote: > On Sat, 2 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote: > >> On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 22:30:39 +0100, D wrote: >> >>> During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a significant >>> demand for labor in plantations across the Americas and on islands >>> such as Mauritius and Réunion. This demand fueled a slave trade that >>> affected many African communities. While much of this trade involved >>> individuals from coastal regions or areas further north, it also >>> extended into southern Africa. >> >> With a whole continent full of indigenous labor they imported Africans. >> The truth is while the Cherokee didn't have a problem enslaving people >> from other tribes they saw the value of buying Africans instead. When >> they headed to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears they took their African >> slaves with them. > > Really? So indians bought negro slaves? Had no idea! In europe, indians > can do no wrong, and their history is held up as a paragon of > eco-friendly and just, which was crushed by the bad white man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842_Slave_Revolt_in_the_Cherokee_Nation That's still having repercussions. https://www.npr.org/2011/09/20/140630565/americas-2nd-largest-indian- tribe-expels-blacks