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ultrablack
148 days ago
Slave trade was not a product of the enlightenment. That idea is 1000s of years old.
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wizzwizz4
148 days ago
"The slave trade" refers to the
transatlantic
slave trade, not slavery in general. (Though I would question whether that really qualifies as a "product of the enlightenment":
post hoc ergo propter hoc
, and all that.)
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