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'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'
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Slaves were property. A slave owner was a property owner.
I've become partial to a language change to enslaved people and slavers. It emphasizes the humanity of the victims of slavery and refuses to acknowledge the view of human beings as property. Instead enslavement is a property foisted upon the victims and enslavement is an evil perpetrated by slavers.
Cell phone and a car are also property... So is a house...
Not all property owners were slavers.
Ah, I see what you're saying. True.