re: #175 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

It really is a good study in how a practice becomes “normalized”.

From the middle 17th century to the late 18th century the continued practice of slavery made it “normal”.

But even at the time of the writing of the US Constitution there was a debate over whether slavery ought to be kept.

And Haiti became independent shortly after the 19th century started and that was a the forefront of finally eliminating slavery in the Americas, in which we ought to point out that Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was late compared to what had gone on the previous 6 decades.

But, back in the middle 17th century, the rapid increase in wealth from tobacco and sugar drove the acceptance of slavery as the way to do business in the New World, for the colonial powers.

Ultimately, slavery was about the desire for wealth.