a nation built on white slavery
Negro slavery is an indelible blot in the early history of the USA, but a far worse blot -- one that Mikki believes successive governments in Britain and America have swept under the carpet with the 'indentured servant' lie -- is that from the early 1600s hundreds of thousands of innocent poor people from the Old Country were kidnapped, shipped in chains to the New World colonies and sold as slaves in perpetuity."The term ‘indentured servant’ was creatively and retrospectively used to describe all white settlers in the colonies from the 1600s onwards," says Mikki, "but this was a deliberate lie in order to protect the reputation of those who had profited from the white slave trade in the past whose descendents are the elites of American society today."
“The earlier whites sent to the colonies from the 1600s were slaves to be kept in perpetual bondage for the enrichment of their masters,” says Mikki. “They were kidnapped off the streets of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and shipped like cattle to the Americas.”
“Later on, the system of convict transportation was implemented to rid the Old Country of its undesirable citizens – most of whom were political dissidents,” says Mikki, “but this system ended around the time of the American Revolution in 1776 and white people who did not voluntarily emigrate to America became known as ‘indentured servants’.”
"The prospect of cheap or free land and slaves to do their bidding caused many humble families to leave the Old Country, brave the waves and settle in the new country of America, “ says Mikki. “Shipping manifests show that just about every settler family came with at least two indentured servants, and those that didn't come with servants were able to purchase them for a pittance on arrival. They were shrewd opportunists willing to risk all for the unparalleled benefits of being first cab off the rank."
"While we may be critical of them today, we must bear in mind that brutal people like that were probably necessary for what they had to do," explains Mikki. "Today, their experience would be like settling on Mars. No matter what I was offered, I wouldn't go, and neither would most people, but there are certain people who would jump at the chance of easy fortune and absolute control over others on another planet."
"So, like it or not, America was built upon convict transportation and slavery, both black and white, and our ancestors before 1776 were either felons, slaves, opportunists, slave-drivers or profiteers -- mostly involved in the tobacco industry -- and, like everything else that's nasty, it went on out of the sight and mind of those who were not directly involved, but merely enjoyed the fruits that came their way because of it."
"Two hundred years down the track, my descendants -- if the line continues -- may not have to experience being lied to or kept in the dark about their roots," says Mikki, "but with the likely prospect of their every movement and every single thing they -- and their elected governments -- do and say, being open for all to criticize in an Uber Big Brother world of the future they will undoubtedly have to face global evils in a way that we choose not to do now -- and never had to think about in the past -- and take responsibility for their personal and civic lives in a manner that we have the luxury of choosing not to do today."
"You see, there won't be a choice for them," explains Mikki. "Unless they figure out how to colonize Mars, and do so with felons, there won't be sufficient land to build jails big enough to hold the growing number of anti-social felons, slave-drivers and profiteers that continue to breed among us. Lack of land and excess of population must necessarily lead to greater social cohesion -- sharing and caring about the common good -- or total Mad Max chaos will prevail."
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