Originally Posted by couchgrouch
. . . Slavery was common for thousands of years before the New World colonies . . . .

Yup! And it's still practiced today. Ours was by far the biggest slave economy in history, and the practice (imported from Barbasos to the deep south) of working slaves to death is a hallmark of that heritage. It's not how people like Aesop and Aristotle were treated.

Last edited by Delmont; 09/22/18 06:42 AM.