tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post8875562818908755277..comments2023-10-26T02:13:03.378-07:00Comments on Acting White Acting Black: The Great Slavery Debate: The Debt of SlaveryJames C. Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268279457459050826noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-24427618686099457342010-10-16T18:37:01.674-07:002010-10-16T18:37:01.674-07:00Slavery is in the Bible but a person was enslaved ...Slavery is in the Bible but a person was enslaved to pay off a debt for about 49 years 7groups of 7years (Levitcus 25) and on the 50th year, they were freed(Year of Jubilee) and given money and sometimes land. Although slavery was in this land, it only lasted for 70 years after the Constitution was ratified 1789-1859 and only in a certain area. I believe many freed blacks who were above the Mason Dixon line had their own lives and neighborhoods away from their southern counterparts and some had common law relationships with whites. (they couldnt marry) kids of those unions got sooo light that they passed as white. Blacks who came north after the 1890s also passed as Italian, etc. I know because i have relatives that not only look non-black but downright WASPy (with a black parent)Yes slavery was a horrible evil, but we got rid of it, unfortuntely, the KKK came after in the 'reconstruction' era; then jimcrow lasted ANOTHER 70 years, etcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-69807620423513663782010-10-03T05:22:02.205-07:002010-10-03T05:22:02.205-07:00Just a quick word, our laws today don't come f...Just a quick word, our laws today don't come from the Bible(which most people didn't get to read in European civilization until the 15th century), or any other holy text. It comes primarily from the legal practices of the Greeks and Romans, who codified such things as rights, contracts, estates, and inheritance (and who also owned slaves). Over time these evolved, especially in conjunction with the practices of the Germanic tribes (who also had slaves), to form the Anglo-American legal tradition today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-56986952230040946422010-09-21T15:07:09.905-07:002010-09-21T15:07:09.905-07:00The Old Testament does not condemn non-Jewish slav...The Old Testament does not condemn non-Jewish slavery <i>per se</i>, but it does forbid the practice of forcing people into slavery. "Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death." (Exodus 21:16). Paul labels slave traders as ungodly and sinful as adulterers, liars, and patricides. (1 Timothy 1:8-10). Paul also asks Philemon to accept Onesimus as a brother rather than property, reminding Philemon that he (Paul) had every right to demand it.<br /><br />Jewish slavery was supposed to be semi-voluntary indentured servitude of a fixed term. The reality never matched God's law, but that seems to be a constant theme in our world...<br /><br />The sin in the African trade is in the involuntary nature and the lack of property rights, including the inability to purchase yourself out. IMHO, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com