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Native americans had slaves? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by mynameisbob@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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Cross posted from https://lemmy.ml/post/49623403

Native americans had slaves? Do you have any references to put in perspective and counter right wing boot licking perspectives on this matter? Like the issue is feudalism and capitalism/imperialism at the core. Like the natives had conflict... possibly scalped a few but I think the right wing on behalf of their "Yes big daddy" capo corpo masters like to paint images of a past a skew.

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[–] pyromaiden@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Forced labor is still slavery.

There are other forms of slavery beyond the chattel slavery practiced by the Greco-Romans & Euro-Americans.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

By that logic the USSR DPRK and PRC all are slave states because they made prisoners break rocks in the gulag.

Not all forced labor is slavery.

[–] pyromaiden@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 4 days ago

Forced labor isn't technically slavery in the same way serfdom isn't technically slavery and corvée isn't technically slavery and wage labor isn't technically slavery.

I'm far less concerned with the intricacies of it and exact definitions when compared to the actual practice itself.

[–] cockmushroom@reddthat.com 0 points 5 days ago

What if it's forced but you still get paid?