Nick Pell
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A bunch of them were probably sadistic monsters who got off on treating people like garbage. I would say most of them had a very different idea of human decency than you or I did, which is maybe being unduly generous.
A bunch of them were probably sadistic monsters who got off on treating people like garbage. I would say most of them had a very different idea of human decency than you or I did, which is maybe being unduly generous.
A bunch of them were probably sadistic monsters who got off on treating people like garbage. I would say most of them had a very different idea of human decency than you or I did, which is maybe being unduly generous.
I think most of them are probably just businessmen, and businessmen want to protect their capital. And it's not my favorite way to talk about other human beings, but it's just the cold reality of the situation.
I think most of them are probably just businessmen, and businessmen want to protect their capital. And it's not my favorite way to talk about other human beings, but it's just the cold reality of the situation.
I think most of them are probably just businessmen, and businessmen want to protect their capital. And it's not my favorite way to talk about other human beings, but it's just the cold reality of the situation.
Yeah, but you have to inhabit this headspace a little bit to be able to wrap your head around it. Yep. So a plantation owner saw his...
Yeah, but you have to inhabit this headspace a little bit to be able to wrap your head around it. Yep. So a plantation owner saw his...
Yeah, but you have to inhabit this headspace a little bit to be able to wrap your head around it. Yep. So a plantation owner saw his...
slaves as a potential investment capital maybe in some cases he weirdly viewed them as part of the family which i don't want to lean too heavily into that but i think it's worth mentioning he saw the indentures as a rental you take the car that you own to get the oil changed religiously and when the little orange light goes on you take to the mechanic and rentals you go out there it's making a weird noise who cares drive it like i stole it and that was how a lot of the slave masters
slaves as a potential investment capital maybe in some cases he weirdly viewed them as part of the family which i don't want to lean too heavily into that but i think it's worth mentioning he saw the indentures as a rental you take the car that you own to get the oil changed religiously and when the little orange light goes on you take to the mechanic and rentals you go out there it's making a weird noise who cares drive it like i stole it and that was how a lot of the slave masters
slaves as a potential investment capital maybe in some cases he weirdly viewed them as part of the family which i don't want to lean too heavily into that but i think it's worth mentioning he saw the indentures as a rental you take the car that you own to get the oil changed religiously and when the little orange light goes on you take to the mechanic and rentals you go out there it's making a weird noise who cares drive it like i stole it and that was how a lot of the slave masters
treated their Irish indentures. It's how they treated a lot of their African slaves, too, I would imagine. There's some evidence to suggest that they really rode the Irish indentures hard.
treated their Irish indentures. It's how they treated a lot of their African slaves, too, I would imagine. There's some evidence to suggest that they really rode the Irish indentures hard.
treated their Irish indentures. It's how they treated a lot of their African slaves, too, I would imagine. There's some evidence to suggest that they really rode the Irish indentures hard.
Part of it. And then also, I don't know to the degree to which this was related, but the Irish were not considered white. That's so weird, though. They're whiter than not accurate that they were considered black, but they were not considered white. You can read stuff by Benjamin Franklin talking about Germans. That's like the most racist thing you've ever heard in your life.
Part of it. And then also, I don't know to the degree to which this was related, but the Irish were not considered white. That's so weird, though. They're whiter than not accurate that they were considered black, but they were not considered white. You can read stuff by Benjamin Franklin talking about Germans. That's like the most racist thing you've ever heard in your life.
Part of it. And then also, I don't know to the degree to which this was related, but the Irish were not considered white. That's so weird, though. They're whiter than not accurate that they were considered black, but they were not considered white. You can read stuff by Benjamin Franklin talking about Germans. That's like the most racist thing you've ever heard in your life.
And he's talking about Germans.
And he's talking about Germans.