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re: The New Basin Canal Memorial Monument
Posted on 5/21/17 at 8:39 pm to ksayetiger
Posted on 5/21/17 at 8:39 pm to ksayetiger
quote:lol.
This is true. No one was treated worse than irish immigrants, one could argue.
Give those immigrants a choice:
Them being enslaved ,along with their entire families for life . Being someone else's property subject to physical & sexual exploitation for life.
Or them being paid average pay for skilled labourers with the opportunity to find other employment elsewhere, freedom to save & go home,etc.......
I'm 100% certain that every immigrant would choose the latter.
Classic NeoConfederate downplaying of slavery.
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Posted on 5/22/17 at 6:04 am to sugar71
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Or them being paid average pay for skilled labourers with the opportunity to find other employment elsewhere, freedom to save & go home,etc.......
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The builders of the city's New Basin Canal expressed a preference for Irish over slave labor for the reason that a dead Irishman could be replaced in minutes at no cost, while a dead slave resulted in the loss of more than one thousand dollars.
They were regarded lower than slaves.
Also many blacks owned slaves in New Orleans.
LINK
Im not saying it was right, all Im saying is the history of slavery isnt exclusive to whites owning blacks. There are always going to be people that are vulnerable and there are always people looking to exploit that. The rich and powerful do not discriminate by race, creed or color when it comes to money. Not all chains are visible.
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