Horrifying? Absolutely. Unique? I ask you to look at Caribbean sugar plantations, Brazil, the Belgian Congo, like c’mon. “Others were doing it too” is no excuse but you gotta reach a little further for your circlejerk man.
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Brazil is Americas??
Edit: But, yes, same deal. The racialized element of the forced labor system is what I’m referring to. The social concept of race is modern. sustained, large scale, intercontinental?migrations are required. And it was this forced labor system, mostly in the tropics.. depending how you measure…
The uniquely cruel aspect to chattel slavery in the continental US was the breeding programs.
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This does not seem to be true. A quick Wikipedia check confirms he was a slave owner and owned 3 plantations, but the part about deliberate evangelization for control and its widespread adoption I cannot find anywhere.
Also, this is not even a book, as is evident by reading the cover. The actual book is to be found here: https://docsouth.unc.edu/church/jones/summary.html
Christianity also was used by African Americans for their own emancipation, see for example the AME, and many slave owners opposed its spread along slaves This is of course not in support of Christianity or slavery, but the issue isn't this simple.