Pirating_Ninja

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kobun said:

Pirating_Ninja said:

I think the black slaves in the Caribbean would disagree, seeing as how their life expectancy was half that of the slaves in America, primarily due to exhaustion and poor living conditions. This may seem rude, but American Slavery was actually somewhat kind to other instances of slavery. This primarily was due to the fact that slaves were extremely expensive, and the profit margins off of tobacco / rice, and later cotton were nowhere near that of Sugar Cane.



Reminds me of this.

Reminds me of this.



However I don't see my statement comparable to this. Or do you believe that the Slaves in America had it as bad as in the Caribbean where they were "just slightly" more expendable. The life expectancy of a slave in the Caribbean was around 6-10 years after they began working on the plantation (depending on which source you believe). Whereas in the US the average life expectancy was 36. The system of slavery worked differently, in the US slavery was self-sustaining since they were treated as "expensive farm equipment", in the Caribbean not so much. So the "average age" doesn't mean as much, however 12 years old males were the "best" slave in the carribean, so they would be lucky to live past 20. I am not condoning American slavery, I am just saying that any retard who claims American slaves had it the worst of all is as ill-informed as any dummy claiming that the American Colonies had it worse than any other British colony. No, that is stupid. "Free food, free housing, free clothes" is simply untrue when you take into consideration "why" it was free. Plus not sure if you can constitute it as free when the owners are not paying for the work. Also, most slaves were NOT happy.However I don't see my statement comparable to this. Or do you believe that the Slaves in America had it as bad as in the Caribbean where they were "just slightly" more expendable. The life expectancy of a slave in the Caribbean was around 6-10 years after they began working on the plantation (depending on which source you believe). Whereas in the US the average life expectancy was 36. The system of slavery worked differently, in the US slavery was self-sustaining since they were treated as "expensive farm equipment", in the Caribbean not so much. So the "average age" doesn't mean as much, however 12 years old males were the "best" slave in the carribean, so they would be lucky to live past 20. I am not condoning American slavery, I am just saying that any retard who claims American slaves had it the worst of all is as ill-informed as any dummy claiming that the American Colonies had it worse than any other British colony. BBCode