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Matt saw the man's back and visibly winced Solanced around with a new perspective
"Not a very pretty sight is it?" I said
Matt glanced at me, "No, it's not"
We continued to follow our self-iuide up the dusty lane as it picked up in elevation In the distance I saw ainst the hillside in the shadow of the dormant volcano that rose up massively beyond
Matt spoke, "you haven't said what you think of all this Eli I'irl shoved hard against an old-fashioned butter churn that she had o by
"Do youplace around us is justified?" I asked
"Yes"
"No, I do not"
It was a small statement to express how not okay I ith all this No one deserved forced servant hood like this What I couldn't figure out hy there was the need for slaves at all?
Matt kept his voice low as to not be overheard, "The South attempted to biblically justify their enslavement of the black man Did you know that Eli?"
"No I did not, but it doesn't surprise o about that Matt?"
"They believed that black people were descended from Noah's son Ham and they went off that line about where because of hiated to serve his brothers"
"You're serious? They got ripping apart people's lives and using theain out of that line of the Bible!" I exclaimed under my breath
"Yep Ridiculously out of context isn't it They also used the exa slaves to justify their practices, but there's no resemblance Israel's so-called slavery was basically indentured servant hood If a slave was mistreated he was to be set free by Jewish law If he was killed by his owner his owner's life was forfeit in turn All slaves were also to be let loose every seven years and their lands restored to them So you can see there really is no comparison between the old South and the biblical Israel"
"And yet I wonder how these black masters have justified their role as the lords of this place?" I said reflectively and Matt nodded in agreement
There likely was some half-baked justification for the continued use of slavery, but it likely didn't make any sense just as the first round of excuses hadn't in the old South