http://www.mythdebunk.com/first-slave-owner-african-american/
This goes into detail about the recorded cases of slavery.
Interestingly, American culture was full of servants, who were Europeans and they would flee their "masters" too.
Also, make no mistake that the founding fathers were slave owners and white state legislators wrote state sponsored slavery into law.
I think at the very least it's important to highlight that this whole "slavery" thing wasn't an experience unique to the black race. Nor was owning slaves an experience unique to the white race. History shouldn't be twisted in order to suit an agenda the way we've seen historians do over the decades with a variety of subjects, but nobody benefits from ignoring history. We all suffer for it actually.
Originally posted by Surturi agree wholeheartedly.
I think at the very least it's important to highlight that this whole "slavery" thing wasn't an experience unique to the black race. Nor was owning slaves an experience unique to the white race. History shouldn't be twisted in order to suit an agenda the way we've seen historians do over the decades with a variety of subjects, but nobody benefits from ignoring history. We all suffer for it actually.
USA is a different type of situation. Whites owned black slaves and their history is founded on it. From Washington to Jackson to Lincoln, it's kinda, err, yeah. That happened. As is the case in the Caribbean. In fact, slave descendants are an entirely different race to indigenous Africans with no culture other than slavery. Pretty shitty.
Having said that, great going, Washington.
10 million slaves died just on the walk to the african slave market.