I'm writing to you today to express my confusion over the slavery policy that haunted the American nation for three centuries. What is it that makes a slave worthy of his position? The laws, as outlined by the individual southern states indicate that a slave is someone of African decent -- but is the sheer status of being part African all that separates those in power from those rendered powerless?
I would argue that your society teaches otherwise, and racial identity is merely used as a means to garner an economic advantage. "He who has the power, and is inhuman enough to trample upon the sacred rights of the weak, cares nothing for race or colour." That is a quote from my own book, found to be true from my own experiences (for examples read my entire work). I believe that the African-American identity was placed in a helpless position by imperialists, not born there. Being black is simply an excuse for you. It is a way to gain free labor. Your entire system of subverting the rights of slaves only perpetuates the belief that what makes a slave is being powerless, and in turn slavery makes the slave himself powerless.
"Is American the 'land of the free, and the home of the brave?' God knows it is not; and we know it too. A brave young man and a virtuous young woman must fly the American shores, and seek, under the shadow of the British throne, the enjoyment of 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.'" That is another excerpt from my book, one that most exemplifies my troubles with your archaic policies.
I leave you with the following questions. How much of slavery is raced based and how much is socio-economically based? Is race and discrimination simply used as an excuse to gain power? How do God-fearing slave-owners see it fit and appropriate to mistreat blacks in the face of the U.S. Constitution and God himself?
Sincerely,
William Craft
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