PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1603
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minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialMlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 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.