Jefferson's Pillow

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Thu Jul 18 12:43:33 CDT 2002


><< forgive me but i'm not sure i understand your point; self-loathing from 
>whom? >>
>
>I'm elaborating on Paul Mackin's point.  I'm suggesting that keeping slaves 
>was contemptible to those who did it leading to self-loathing on the part 
>of the slave owners.  Rather than own it, the loathing was sublimated and 
>transferred back onto the slaves.  Slavery thus the cause of racism and not 
>the reverse.
>
>All just speculation.

This sounds like a plausible explanation to me.  The prime motive was money. 
  Racism therefore justified both the slave trade and the owning of slaves 
as a means to acheive that money.

David Morris


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