[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

Just the thought of someone trying to justify the 'owning of other human beings,' with the primary difference between them and a set of golf clubs is that the slaves had to be fed...is beyond revolting.

And yet, the basis and foundation of this country's wealth and power, came off of the backs of basically...free black slave labor.

Lets not consider the industrial revolution at all. Before that we only supplied raw materials to other countries factories.