While the devastating impact of slavery can never be fully comprehended by those who have never experienced its brutality and inhumanity, most Americans recognize the horror of our country’s Original Sin.
https://thegrio.com/2023/10/12/why-teaching-honest-history-is-paramount/
1. It was not unique to this country
2. African-Americans are no poorer than those in Africa
3. The West ended it while others did not
4. Diversity makes victims of everyone
@mrhorsetwat
c. 1300, sclave, esclave, "person who is the chattel or property of another," from Old French esclave (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin Sclavus "slave" (source also of Italian schiavo, French esclave, Spanish esclavo), originally "Slav" (see Slav); so used in this secondary sense because of the many Slavs sold into slavery by conquering peoples.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/slave
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