The guidelines helpfully suggest which formatting option to use instead. Really though, if you have this conundrum, it's probably time to reconsider your slavery comparison.
You see? Even you missed that point. And it was in all caps. You think that italics would have helped? :P
Maybe I just shouldn't even make reference to slavery at all. No matter how tangentially related the reference is. It's like an inverse Godwin's law where you try to say something like "this one guy, who was incidentally Hitler's friend, said something that refutes your point..." and your interlocutor automatically claims Godwin's law.
You see? Even you missed that point. And it was in all caps. You think that italics would have helped? :P
Maybe I just shouldn't even make reference to slavery at all. No matter how tangentially related the reference is. It's like an inverse Godwin's law where you try to say something like "this one guy, who was incidentally Hitler's friend, said something that refutes your point..." and your interlocutor automatically claims Godwin's law.