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Boron Elgar[_1_]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:13:35 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> On 6/8/2021 1:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > On 2021-06-08 10:42 a.m., Snag wrote:
>> >> On 6/7/2021 10:43 PM, Snag wrote:
>> >>> ** Since some have their panties all twisted up about my sig line ,
>> >>> here's a challenge .
>> >>> ** Find one , just ONE instance where I have made a "racist" or "pro
>> >>> slavery" remark . Post that remark AND THE UNEDITED CONTEXT .
>> >>
>> >> ** <crickets>
>> >> ** C'mon , if I'm such a racist slaver that y'all gotta find at least
>> >> ONE remark !
>> >> ** BTW , my ancestors probably DID own slaves ... they were Europeans
>> >> though . When Leif and Eric went a-Viking , it was rape loot kill
>> >> destroy - except for those buxom young Anglo and Saxon girls , they
>> >> went home with them . <I recently found out I'm a direct descendant of
>> >> Leif Ericson ... no wonder I sometimes want to go Berserker !>
>> >
>> > For a lot of Americans with roots going back to the colonial days, the
>> > chances are probably higher that an ancestor was subject to a form of
>> > slavery than of owning slaves.
>>
>> You make a good point, Dave. I've mentioned many times my Scottish
>> ancestors were captured in battle in Scotland in 1679 and transported
>> (sentenced) by the English to plantation owners in Virginia for a term
>> of 7 years indentured servitude. They'd have been treated exactly like
>> any other slaves until they worked off their "debt". Once in the
>> American colonies the plantation owners could work them until they died,
>> and lay claim to any children they might produce as their property.
>
> That was the case for the offspring of black slaves brought from
>Africa.( "chattel slaves") To the best of my knowledge it was never the
>case for the chilkdren of indentured convicts or workers brought from
>Scotland.
>
> Janet UK
>
And in the US, slaves were considered property, while indentured
servants, who, though they may have also been treated horrifically,
had legal standing, time limited indenture, and in some cases,
recourse.