Why is it that even the most basic of jails require round-the-clock staff, cameras, locks, bars, special toilets, etc.
If that's what is required to keep a determined person against their will, then....
Why do most slave plantations barely even have fences?
Why are there so many "anomolies" [1] in the antebellum south? Why (in the heart of the south) was there a place so libertine that it spawned it's own racial mix, language, art, and music? Why not say...New York? [2]
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[2] blackpast.org/african-americ…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_pe…
Why is it that the "Underground Railroad" wasnt as "underground" as we're taught and largely consisted of keeping a poker-face while traveling on public transportation?
Why did Harriet Tubman (a Civil War spy and sharp-shooter btw) say she carried her pistol mostly for run-aways [1] that couldnt keep the necessary poker-face?
[1] archive.org/details/harrie…
Why is it that West Virginia is considered the "hick" and "backward" state but the whole reason West Virginia seceded from Virginia was disagreement with Virginia and Maryland (who both wanted to keep slavery)?
If you pull a thread that you only just noticed dangling within the last few years, you can unravel a LOT of sweaters as you work backwards in history... I am regularly amazed how far the thread goes.
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