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We'll have to see what he does next. I don't find the music to Hamilton to be all that catchy. I don't think Miranda will be on the Top 40. He took a great historical story and wrapped a clever gimmick of hip hop and cast diversity around it. He does truly deserve all his fame and fortune.
Having said that, theatre audiences crave new musicals. As long as the music is half-way decent and advances the story, the audience will be satisfied with a good story, great dancing and colorful costumes.
Slavery is viewed as a black issue, but historically, that is far from accurate.The whole world was involved in slavery for most of humanity's history. Saudi Arabia just 'abolished' it in the 50s for pete's sake.
Even Jesus did not denounce it. And EVERYBODY practised it, and were themselves enslaved. Everybody. Americans were enslaved. British French Italians were enslaved. The original slaves of north American were British and Irish indentured servants who were slaves in all but name. The Northern Africans enslaved well over a million slavs (hence the word "slave") and it was often black armies that brutalized the slaves on behalf of their Muslim Masters. This is not even open to debate - it is very well documented. The Vietnamese enslaved Chinese and the Chinese enslaved Vietnamese. Often castrating them in the process. About 11 million African slaves were exported to the new world - about 400,000 went to the United States.The Caribbean and South America took the majority.
Even today in the middle East there are people that for all practical purposes are slaves.
The FIRST countries to oppose slavery were all European of origin:
The following countries are some of the nations that ended slavery before the U.S.:
Don't judge people of the past based on today's morals, if virtually everyone at the time thought nothing of it.
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Even Jesus did not denounce it. And EVERYBODY practised it, and were themselves enslaved. Everybody. Americans were enslaved. British French Italians were enslaved. The original slaves of north American were British and Irish indentured servants who were slaves in all but name. The Northern Africans enslaved well over a million slavs (hence the word "slave") and it was often black armies that brutalized the slaves on behalf of their Muslim Masters. This is not even open to debate - it is very well documented. The Vietnamese enslaved Chinese and the Chinese enslaved Vietnamese. Often castrating them in the process. About 11 million African slaves were exported to the new world - about 400,000 went to the United States.The Caribbean and South America took the majority.
Even today in the middle East there are people that for all practical purposes are slaves.
The FIRST countries to oppose slavery were all European of origin:
The following countries are some of the nations that ended slavery before the U.S.:
- Spain: 1811
- Canada: 1819
- Mexico: 1829
- U.K.: 1833
- Sweden: 1847
- Denmark: 1848
- France: 1848
- Portugal: 1858
Don't judge people of the past based on today's morals, if virtually everyone at the time thought nothing of it.
Thomas Sowell on Slavery and This Fact — There Are More Slaves Today Than Were Seized from Africa in Four Centuries
In his excellent book The Thomas Sowell Reader, which I recommend very highly, Thomas Sowell provides some insightful commentary about slavery in the chapter titled “Twisted History”: Of all the tragic facts about the history...
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The Tatar Ordes used to make annual raids into Russia and Ukraine for the sole reason of acquiring slaves. The Crimean Tatars were practicing this up to the time of Catharine the Great, sending thousands of captives to the slave markets in Bakchysaray and Istanbul. And they have done this for literally hundreds of years until Peter the Great's military reforms made the defeat of the Ottomas possible.Slavery is viewed as a black issue, but historically, that is far from accurate.The whole world was involved in slavery for most of humanity's history. Saudi Arabia just 'abolished' it in the 50s for pete's sake.
Even Jesus did not denounce it. And EVERYBODY practised it, and were themselves enslaved. Everybody. Americans were enslaved. British French Italians were enslaved. The original slaves of north American were British and Irish indentured servants who were slaves in all but name. The Northern Africans enslaved well over a million slavs (hence the word "slave") and it was often black armies that brutalized the slaves on behalf of their Muslim Masters. This is not even open to debate - it is very well documented. The Vietnamese enslaved Chinese and the Chinese enslaved Vietnamese. Often castrating them in the process. About 11 million African slaves were exported to the new world - about 400,000 went to the United States.The Caribbean and South America took the majority.
Even today in the middle East there are people that for all practical purposes are slaves.
The FIRST countries to oppose slavery were all European of origin:
The following countries are some of the nations that ended slavery before the U.S.:
Perhaps in 50 years they will attack people of our era that used the services of people that shined shoes, cleaned houses, were janitors, PSWs, etc.
- Spain: 1811
- Canada: 1819
- Mexico: 1829
- U.K.: 1833
- Sweden: 1847
- Denmark: 1848
- France: 1848
- Portugal: 1858
Don't judge people of the past based on today's morals, if virtually everyone at the time thought nothing of it.
Thomas Sowell on Slavery and This Fact — There Are More Slaves Today Than Were Seized from Africa in Four Centuries
In his excellent book The Thomas Sowell Reader, which I recommend very highly, Thomas Sowell provides some insightful commentary about slavery in the chapter titled “Twisted History”: Of all the tragic facts about the history...
The 1619 Project is simply political propaganda that has crept into our politics, journalism and schools.
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