Patrick Byrne

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

Liam other distinction, however, is infirm. It concerns the legal status of a chattel slave vs. an indentured servant. The indentured servant has SOME legal rights a slave lacks. They kept their names, had successful lawsuits for injury, and gave birth to free offspring. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 7, 2023

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

I must acknowledge the difference between indentured servitude of any kind, and chattel slavery. One is dire, but hope remains: the other is hopeless. I seem to recall Mr. Douglass noting this in a later writing of his. So on that we agree. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 7, 2023

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

So I accept the previous point, subject to the comments I made below it. However, the argument breaks down, for even if it is indeed the case that there were formally such rights in Barbados (the main focus of his enquiry), he is wearing blinders in three ways: — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 7, 2023