Chapter 146: Emancipation of Black Slaves Does Not Need a Declaration
In the middle of the 19th century, black Americans were basically still in a state of confusion where the consciousness of rebellion had just been born.
If the history of the Indians is a history of massacres, then the history of Africans in the Americas is a history of domestication.
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Africa was once glorious, nourished by civilizations from the Nile and Euphrates, and until the 14th century, before European colonizers arrived, the continent was home to a variety of empires, with pharaohs and caliphs ruling in turn.
At that time, although the life of the black people was not very easy, it was not uncommon to try to earn some money and buy a few white or Persian slaves. Everyone hurts each other, and no one can say who is despicable.
It wasn't until the dark Middle Ages passed, Europe embarked on the path of the Industrial Revolution, and the hellish hour for Africans finally came.
According to incomplete statistics, in the short period of 100 years from the 16th to the 17th centuries, the Americas received at least 10 million black slaves; Considering the poor transportation conditions on the road, the number of black slaves from Africa is estimated to be at least 60 million based on a 70% defect rate; Combined with the number of black slaves sold to other places such as Arabia during the same period, at least 100 million people were sold in ancient Africa during the entire colonial period.
Twenty years later, people often marvel at the splendor of the Industrial Revolution and imperialism, but completely ignore the layers of corpses of blacks and yellows under the cover of snow-white cotton and pitch-black coal.
If we consider that at least 300 million people in the Far East are still in the devastation of artillery fire and fragments, then it is easy to see that the so-called 'civilized world' that brings hope to mankind is actually a drunken iron bucket for the remaining less than 20% of the 'high-class people' at the expense of 80% of the earth's population.
How noble the 20% are, how pathetic the 80% are.
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Negroes who dared to resist were killed as early as the slave ship sailed out of the Cape of Good Hope.
The blacks who finally landed safely in the Americas were already 100 percent 'good,' because anyone who was not satisfied with the slightest dissatisfaction in physical fitness and obedience had to be thrown into the sea.
As a commodity, it is certainly not acceptable to have a defect. Both customers and slave traders throw products that don't meet the requirements in the trash.
The long and harsh transportation environment, coupled with the way retail auctions are sold, is in fact the screening mechanism for this particular product.
Under such a rigorous selection condition, more than 300 years was enough time to form a stable ecosystem, and the black people who came to the Americas chose a strange evolutionary direction—they wanted to make themselves more 'good' from the bottom of their hearts, to be more in line with the characteristics of goods and tools.
Some of them succeeded, gained the appreciation of slave owners, had the right to eat watermelons in the cotton fields, and even wrote them into books, becoming models of benevolence and kindness of slave owners;
Others are eliminated by this mechanic, such as people like Tafari, who will be involved in another war sooner or later, even if they don't have this war.
John Brown's 'Freedom', Better than the Indians' '??????????.' It's even more demagogic.
If this is the case, perhaps Tafari will embark on another path of pursuing 0 yuan purchases......
But now, the Indians have given him another choice—one that looks the same, but is actually different.
In another time and space, there was an Emancipation Proclamation that would be promulgated about 20 years later, and blacks rejoiced in thinking that they had finally been reborn......
But now, there is no declaration, no serious persuasion.
Fifteen dollars pushed Tafari to the front without even saying "come on, do a good job" and without giving him any promises of "freedom".
The only thing he gave to Tafari was a gun, and he was given a shot in the right direction.
At this time, Tafari was very young, and with the innocence of being domesticated to a half-baked age, he chose to trust fifteen dollars unconditionally because of his unconditional trust in glass.
But being young and innocent is not a shortcoming, and it does not mean stupidity.
If Tafari had been really stupid, he would not have asked Father Barbilon questions like 'Why do white men kidnap black people?' when he was a child, nor would he have survived the dark slave ship and landed in America, nor would he have hooked up with his fat, blind mistress and learned piano and singing from her before he could even learn arithmetic......
Fate is like a river, and no one knows where it will change direction.
Since the turtledove came to this world six years ago, many fates have changed because of it, not only the Indians.
In this world, it is not only white people who are people, but also Indians and blacks...... It's also human!
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Fifteen strode forward, Tafari following him to his right and left, running around.
With the language of Tafari muttering, in the trenches along the way, many black slaves got up from the mud pits one after another, like undead spirits raised from the grave, followed Tafari and listened to Tafari tell them what "??????????." was called
It didn't take long for a black army to gather around fifteen dollars.
Their bodies were so strong that fifteen dollars even wondered if they would have become stronger if they had been slaves.
-- In order to realize the mobility of artillery, the American army once had a genius idea: they tied the barrel to the back of the mule, and then drove the mule while firing the cannon, with the intention of achieving the effect of 'walking A'.
- As a result, the mule was frightened by the sound of the lead, and the upside-down muzzle of the cannon knocked over his own camp.
- This became a classic old joke at the Fort Laramie Military Academy.
But now, fifteen dollars were surprised to find that under the genius command of Tafari, 6 old blacks were holding 6-pounder cannon barrels, and a set of walking A line of water did not say, and did not delay the bits and pieces that were collected from all over the body?
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"Tafari! Tafari! ”
Fifteen called Tafari over, "How many do you have now?" ”
Tafari thought for a moment, and replied with some embarrassment: "10 piles of ......"
To deal with such low-quality talents, fifteen dollars have experience.
The Indians were not much better than the blacks, and in some ways, the Indians were actually a little more difficult to manage.
If they are all compared to animals, after all, blacks are domesticated domestic animals, while Indians are wild......
Fifteen dollars handed him a colorful flag and told him, "Whoever you think can be the leader, give him a flag, and take them with me!" ”
"Where to go?" Tafari asked.
"Go get your ??????????."!
Fifteen dollars said.
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It's noon.
Before meeting Tafari, Fifteen wanted nothing more than to quietly enjoy the wailing and struggle of the enemy.
But now, looking at the suddenly extra army of black presses, he had a different idea.