There are more black ppl in jail today than were enslaved in 1850

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Originally Posted by jesuits

if your father was given a deal, taken to a rich country to work hard, but it meant his family would be able to reap the full benefits of the country for the rest of their lives. against him staying and everyone living in poverty forever. what would he of chosen? the better future for his children and children's children.

kind of. except his family is also sold into other households at the whim of the owners. maybe some ppl woulda taken it, I don't think I would. idk if Africans were necessarily poor when Europeans took them away. Boehr War was a close one