(January 15, 2016 at 10:27 am)Drich Wrote:Washington was a greedy scumbag slave owner. He moved his slaves around so that he wouldn't have to free them if they stayed too long in a State that was eliminating slavery.(January 14, 2016 at 1:29 pm)dyresand Wrote: Ahem citation please.. because you know slaves were beaten killed and even raped etc.
Slaves are not treated like human beings they are treated less than human.
Yes sport, I would say the vast majority were treated badly, But not everyone who had slaves treated them badly. Washington had a policy where not only where the slave tipped/received bonuses he also promoted slaves to spend free time to better themselves and their living arrangements.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/...lives.html
Understand I never said slave were not treated badly ever. I said NOT ALL Slaves Must be treated badly. Nike shoes is a good modern example of this. Ive left posts that explain this in greater detail already.
Understand I never said that slaves were never beaten or treated badly. I said that they did not have to be.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news...83/?no-ist
He joined the Revolution to lead the fight to keep slavery in the Colonies. If there's a hell he should be in it for that reason.