re: Civil War Confederate veteran interview

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Do you know what slavery here was like and what made it different from other forms?

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As one of my LSU professors told me, it ran the gamut. Some were horribly treated, others relatively well. But American chattel slavery, overall, was much preferable to places like the Caribbean or S America, where they were essentially worked to death since there would always be new replacements coming in.

Or places in Africa, like the Belgian Congo, where similar situations existed. Basically the more available slaves are, the less valuable and more expendable.

It was a fascinating course. I’m trying to remember the professor’s name. He wrote an excellent book…slavery and freedom or something like that?