#WaitAMinute ... Does @History @AETV explain How Slavery was EVER #Acceptable? Maybe @RestavekFreedom explains why it was #Accepted | | #Accept #Accepting #Accepts
Well, 'A&E's History tries to explain' at the article linked-to through "that word" below.
What I show here is 'the group of words' that give "that word" a place to connect to your vocabulary ... deeper sources that firm the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “Accept” is built on ancient words that mean "to |Grasp-, |Take |To" | | #Acceptability #Acceptance
I don't get it, but I don't know if I want to understand.
I think History's report starts with America's slave-industry; but ... doesn't it go back to Hebrews in The Bible's "Exodus"? ... I mean; they "suffered in slavery" for centuries in Egypt, but then their laws (not even 10 years out of Egypt) discuss buying & freeing their own slaves!
Looking a little bit beyond 'just slaves brought to America' or 'just Hebrew slaves who went on to own slaves during the Exodus,' I find out that slavery dates back some 11,000 years—described in The Code of Hammurabi as 'a common practice that had been going on for thousands of years' at the time of its writing.
The practice seems to have started as the days of hunting-&-gathering were coming to a close, and land-owners forced 'gatherers' they caught into slavery ... though it doesn't sound like such a bad deal—the slaves' food & shelter & clothing was taken care of, giving them better lives than most of the peasants of their period.
It changed–though–as slaves were more-&-more often 'civilians of a conquered land, taken as spoils-of-victory.'
Looking a little bit beyond 'just slaves brought to America' or 'just Hebrew slaves who went on to own slaves during the Exodus,' I find out that slavery dates back some 11,000 years—described in The Code of Hammurabi as 'a common practice that had been going on for thousands of years' at the time of its writing.
The practice seems to have started as the days of hunting-&-gathering were coming to a close, and land-owners forced 'gatherers' they caught into slavery ... though it doesn't sound like such a bad deal—the slaves' food & shelter & clothing was taken care of, giving them better lives than most of the peasants of their period.
It changed–though–as slaves were more-&-more often 'civilians of a conquered land, taken as spoils-of-victory.'
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