What slavery really demonstrated was that we don't really know how to use energy wisely and that we can be incredibly abusive and barbaric.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Slavery, first and foremost, was an energy institution. Shackling human muscle was about getting work done.
You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it.
I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.
In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution is a moral & political evil in any country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages.
God knows I detest slavery but it is an existing evil, and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.
Slavery was not a bad day on the job. It was not your boss yelling at you. It was not hard work for little pay. This was a full system of human subjugation.
Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet.
Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.
Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.
The topic of slavery is like an electric fence. Touch it and people will react.