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Originally Posted by Brewtality  Well, if you've not gotten confused about the difference between slavery and working for very little then it's interesting that a large family like that would a) buy any slaves at all since unless your great-grandmother was 150 years old, they would have been doing so illegally and b) would have 'bought' white slaves. There aren't many reports of white slavery int he US post-civil war so either your family was a great exception or there may be some confusion. |
I think maybe she's talking about indentured servants. My irish ancestors were indentured servants which is kind of like slavery, since they really never worked their way out of the debt and many of the women were raped and abused. They were "sold" and had masters until their debt was paid but they weren't exactly slaves because they were white and weren't hated for being white.
I wonder if it's like this between the jews and germans over in Europe.