Quote Originally Posted by scriptfactory
The slave topic is a strange one. Did you know that when the USA was still in its infancy there were several places (including Georgia) that made owning slaves illegal. The white Christians that lived there thought it was immoral and wanted to live in a righteous manner. Here comes the funny part. After a while the morally strong white Christians who were living without slaves realized they were a lot poorer than their slave owning neighbors so they forced their local governments to allow them to use slave labor. Religious convictions had little to do with the freeing of slaves. Don't give me that bullshit.
I was speaking about here in the US, as you well know. Fact is, the US did not revert back to slavery, even in light of the arguement that you posed in regards to the economic loss from outlawing slavery. There are examples of everything......somewhere and at sometime.