Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1839arrow-down115
arrow-up1824arrow-down1imageTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·9 months agoInteresting. It didn’t even end Slavery in the US tho
minus-squareMalachaiConstant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoThat’ll be Slave War II
minus-squarejaschen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoIt didn’t end slavery. It’s more of a slave compromise.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoProbably referring to Essentially allowing slavery.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoCan you be more specific? Or is this sarcasm?
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoPrivately owning other people became illegal, but slavery is still allowed “as punishment for crime” according to the 13th amendment. And yeah… it’s still very much a thing. https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e
minus-squareBelastend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThe last chattel slave was freed in 1943. Knowing Better has a great video about it.
Interesting. It didn’t even end Slavery in the US tho
That’ll be Slave War II
It didn’t end slavery. It’s more of a slave compromise.
What??
Probably referring to
Essentially allowing slavery.
Can you be more specific? Or is this sarcasm?
Privately owning other people became illegal, but slavery is still allowed “as punishment for crime” according to the 13th amendment. And yeah… it’s still very much a thing. https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e
The last chattel slave was freed in 1943. Knowing Better has a great video about it.