San Antonio school assignment asking students to list 'positives' of slavery

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(04-20-2018, 09:01 AM)hollodero Wrote: 1) Also, highways.

2) I don't know if the fundamental concept of slavery is so hard to grasp. In that the obvióus benefit is, hey, there's work to do, I'd prefer someone else do it, and it'd be swell if I just owned that person and wouldn't have to pay for the work. I guess kids can relate to that.

On a most basic level that explains it, but if you pose the question to older students, they can discuss the  economic factors and the unwillingness of the South to industrialize in their answer... but of course explaining that this is a poor excuse for an immoral system.