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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]]So if the pirates had found rum or flour on the boat, and taken it to Virginia to exchange for money, you'd say that the colonists paid the costs of the pirates delivering the rum/flour instead of abandoning it at sea? The word "sold" would not be accurate? smh[/quote] Had the colonists bought rum or flour, the rum or flour would have been theirs, end of story. However, the Africans were not held as property, but were instead able to earn their freedom and become landowners. Obviously, things changed later and eventually the institution of slavery as we know came to exist. It's just that in this specific case -- the Africans of 1619 -- things hadn't gotten that far. [/quote]When the pirates brought those africans off the ship to hand over to white colonists, in exchange for money, I'd argue that the africans WERE definitely property, and logged in the plantation ledgers as such [/quote]
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