Uncle Emanuel Watkins
01-06-2009, 01:01 PM
The African ancestors brought to the New World were not plucked out of a Democracy, which originated in Greece, but were already enslaved in a primitive caste system. This is the first half of the textbook that never gets attention in the history classes. These slaves lived peacefully with a ruling class of masters. When they were sold off by this African slave culture, the typical cost paid for each soul generally ranged from 1/6th to 1/12th of a horse depending on the market. This meant that the value of a slave for a horse in Africa at that time ranged from that of 6 to 12 African souls.
Now, the ultimate definition of a slave is that he or she does not own their own soul while their lives can be ended by their master at any time without consequence. In other words, slavery itself can be divided up into different levels of servitude with the ultimate definition as "one who does not own their own soul."
I would say that a person worth 1/6th to 1/12th of a horse does not own his or her own soul considering that the life of a horse could certainly be ended by its master. Worse yet, revealing the stark condition of slavery in Africa was how a third caste of "untouchable" or "out caste" existed. These were people who were considered so uncomely that not only were they rejected by the master caste but by the slave caste as well.
So, what is the truth? What is the real vision of history and what has been revisioned? The truth is that the African slaves brought to the New World were worth far more to the culture of people who purchased them than they were worth to the culture of people who sold them. The stark fact is that the African slaves didn't come with a culture to own because the culture from which they came didn't allow them to own their own souls. The masters in Africa did not bother to educate their slaves. Such was never a practice in any primitive caste system, after all, because educated slaves were a threat to any existing dynasty. Even if these slave-caste Africans were granted their freedom by their masters in America, they had never been taught how to behave in a civilized society. This is why it was necessary for American slave owners to buy a bond before freeing a slave.
Anyway, the truth is what makes us a rich nation. It is the self-evident truth that makes us rich. Not the scheming, the pimping and the prostituting that each and every one has brought over from our minor, pitiful cultures.
Now, the ultimate definition of a slave is that he or she does not own their own soul while their lives can be ended by their master at any time without consequence. In other words, slavery itself can be divided up into different levels of servitude with the ultimate definition as "one who does not own their own soul."
I would say that a person worth 1/6th to 1/12th of a horse does not own his or her own soul considering that the life of a horse could certainly be ended by its master. Worse yet, revealing the stark condition of slavery in Africa was how a third caste of "untouchable" or "out caste" existed. These were people who were considered so uncomely that not only were they rejected by the master caste but by the slave caste as well.
So, what is the truth? What is the real vision of history and what has been revisioned? The truth is that the African slaves brought to the New World were worth far more to the culture of people who purchased them than they were worth to the culture of people who sold them. The stark fact is that the African slaves didn't come with a culture to own because the culture from which they came didn't allow them to own their own souls. The masters in Africa did not bother to educate their slaves. Such was never a practice in any primitive caste system, after all, because educated slaves were a threat to any existing dynasty. Even if these slave-caste Africans were granted their freedom by their masters in America, they had never been taught how to behave in a civilized society. This is why it was necessary for American slave owners to buy a bond before freeing a slave.
Anyway, the truth is what makes us a rich nation. It is the self-evident truth that makes us rich. Not the scheming, the pimping and the prostituting that each and every one has brought over from our minor, pitiful cultures.