PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldimagemessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1598arrow-down114
arrow-up1584arrow-down1imageAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialMlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down3·2 years agoI don’t mean to downplay the severity, but there are procedural differences. Slavery was pro forma banned at the time. Effectively, I agree, for all practical purposes of the folk in chains, it was slavery.
I don’t mean to downplay the severity, but there are procedural differences. Slavery was pro forma banned at the time. Effectively, I agree, for all practical purposes of the folk in chains, it was slavery.