• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      Yes. It was bad for slaves as well. The post-Roman polities maintained slavery, so it’s not “The slaves are now free”, it’s “The slaves are now under a system with a poorer quality of life for everyone, from top to bottom”.

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        What slavery in USA actually good because of Jim Crowe? Aren’t slaves always better off under slavery? \s