Michael F Schundler
1 min readJun 27, 2024

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As you rightly point out slaves and whites were on the same side in Bacon's Rebellion. Many of the whites, were effectively banished from society so they took refuge in the Appalachian Mountains were their descendent reside to this day. Poor whites in southern culture were often look down upon as "white trash". While plantation owners had an obligation to their slaves and a financial investment which to some degree caused them some level of restraint, they had no obligation to "white trash" and no investment they fear losing.

No doubt slavery and poor whites experienced different lives. But which one enjoyed a better life is hard to say and, in most instances, differed from person to person. House slaves often enjoyed better living conditions than poor whites.

As for police forces, you view them differently than most African Americans, who more than whites want a greater police presence in their community.

I make no attempt to whitewash slavery, I only attempt to see American slavery not as singular but in context as an institution that existed as far back as 4000 BCE. Rather than slavery being unusual, the radical thought at the time was that slavery was not a moral institution... this thought was not universally embraced and was largely tied to western liberal thinking.

I am glad you are focused on how important individual freedom and liberty are. Under progressive liberalism our liberties are slowly being impinged upon. So, why do African Americans disproportionately support politicians whose platform involves the elite managing the lives of the masses?

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