• @samus12345
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    1110 months ago

    Slaves were property. A slave owner was a property owner.

    • @[email protected]
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      1310 months ago

      I’ve become partial to a language change to enslaved people and slavers. It emphasizes the humanity of the victims of slavery and refuses to acknowledge the view of human beings as property. Instead enslavement is a property foisted upon the victims and enslavement is an evil perpetrated by slavers.

      • @samus12345
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        510 months ago

        Ah, I see what you’re saying. True.