salarua@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'www.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1527arrow-down111
arrow-up1516arrow-down1external-link'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'www.rawstory.comsalarua@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareTerryMathews@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoRight, but take the converse: if they didn’t own land, they definitely couldn’t afford a slave.
minus-squaresadreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoalso true… wiki will explain it better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessity_and_sufficiency owning a plantation is necessary to be a slaver but it is not sufficient since you actually have to own the slaves.
Right, but take the converse: if they didn’t own land, they definitely couldn’t afford a slave.
also true… wiki will explain it better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessity_and_sufficiency
owning a plantation is necessary to be a slaver but it is not sufficient since you actually have to own the slaves.