Slaves didn't have "Masters"

[RethugAssKicker]

They had enslavers or captors !...

Why do we continuously call the enslaver "Master"... He should appropriately be refered to as
Captor or enslaver...

The word "Master" continues to give the captor a certain sense of superiority..

I think this practice should be stopped.

Words do matter !....as our Regressive Rethuglicans have shown us !

[AX10]

1. Exactly. Also, Lincoln should have wiped those CAPTORS...

off the earth.

[RethugAssKicker]

16. So true

And becuase Lincoln didn't... We now have the "captors" in power now in Washington !

[sutz12]

2. Actually, they have "owners"

which pretty much displays what RWers consider about the value of human dignity versus money.

[rkc3]

4. Thus, their "ownership society." n/y

[rman]

17. Right. And the slaves to were part of that ownership society.

...just to point out that in an ownership society, not everyone is an owner. It's generally a wealthy minority that gets to own 'stuff', including people. Though this is probably quite obvious to most on DU.

[Richardo]

3. By all means, let's get bogged down in semantics...

...now that all the other problems are solved.

Sheesh! :eyes:

[RethugAssKicker]

5. i can chew gum and walk at the same time !!

[Richardo]

9. That may be, but discussions like this one feed the ridicule of the left

Do we really have to go looking for NEW things to be outraged over?

[RethugAssKicker]

11. Why don't you just skip this post....

Or maybe something in you likes the word "Master"

[Igel]

6. The enslavers and captors were those who

enslaved and captured. They were mostly Africans. Although some Arabs--and fewer West Europeans--got their hands dirty with the actual enslaving.

Of course, I'm not sure what to call the act of enslaving newborns, the 'natural increase' of the slave population. "Born free" seems hardly the proper phrase.

'Master' and 'owner' work fine, but refer (as do 'enslaver' and 'captor') to different things. The actual owner may have had little contact with the field hands in parts of the South, esp. on large-scale plantations.

The master did have a kind of superiority: he could beat his slave with little legal consequence, while if the slave beat back he'd be in serious trouble. Legally and socially, the master and owner, whether Arab, black, or white were superior.

[RethugAssKicker]

14. I know what you mean......but I think

the word "captor" or "enslaver" can still be used correctly to describe the "owner"

[Blue-Jay]

7. Does that mean I have a Captors Degree?

:D

[Richardo]

8. ...or Enslavers - you pick.

:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

10. This is what Fox News would have said about that...

[RethugAssKicker]

12. Bwaaaahahaha !

Excellent one !

[Richardo]

13. That is hilarious.

Send it to Bill!! :rofl:

[BeFree]

15. We are being held hostage?

We are not enslaved, nor are they our masters. So then we are temporarily captive, just waiting to be released?

I like the term 'Hostage' as in held hostage to the e-voting, the M$M lies, and the big money, which for the time being holds power.