[–] ShitArchon [S] ago
For context, have some quotes from Stampp's The Peculiar Institution:
"I'd ruther be dead than be a nigger on one of these big plantations"
--overseer who bragged that he was a "hole hog man rain or shine" who worked slaves "like horses"
"The time had been that the farmer could kill up and wear out one Negro to buy another; but it is not so now. Negroes are too high in proportion to the price of cotton, and it behooves those who own them to make them last as long as possible."
--slave owner on why the ban on importing slaves and the resulting price increase meant he couldn't work them to death anymore
[–] Hvictory ago
Sure being a wage slave is a thing, but freedom is nice too. Have to take the opportunities that come your way in order to survive.