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How is that different from slaves like William Ellison in the USA? Pre-Civil War he became one of the wealthiest property owners in South Carolina. Sounds like
by throwaway829 5y ago
How is that different from slaves like William Ellison in the USA? Pre-Civil War he became one of the wealthiest property owners in South Carolina. Sounds like decent social mobility to me.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellison https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellison
- GhettoComputers 5y agoHow often did this happen vs Roman times? Before the dreadful US took over the South, slaves were much better treated and had way more upwards mobility, like in Florida when the Spanish and French were the colonizers. Places like New Orleans was much better for African descendants and many fled when they found out they’d be ruled by America. I don’t cite Thomas Jefferson and his treatment of his slaves as the normative, in Roman times it was built into the system for slaves to buy their freedom and also have upwards mobility. That is not institutionalized for slavery in the US.