Comment by brabel
17 hours ago
> especially in America.
Slavery was common everywhere, it was more prevalent in many places than it ever was in America, and in some places it still is. So I’m sorry but I have to say that observation was just unnecessary and quite inaccurate.
most countries never had a bloody civil war about slavery committed by their own citizens. in other places it was more about locals (including white settlers and enslaved people) vs colonial power, not a conflict between regions of an independent country where slavery was the main issue.
it was definitely not the worst instance of slavery ever going by human suffering, but the whole country was divided on political lines and many of the losing sides descendants still feel some resentment. thats pretty unique.
Absolutely, but other countries generally don't make it part of their national mythos to the same degree.
It's a far more salient and sore subject in the US than it is almost anywhere else, though (for a bunch of historical reasons that still reverberate into US society today).