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Slave Trade

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 12:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
It does not make any logic sense to keep merchandise and not name it. Most merchants keep detailed records of their sales transactions and merchandise. What did they call them when they wanted them to do a chore. People name their dogs, horses, pigs, etc. and keep records of them. There should be a list of names somewhere. You just have not found them or they have been destroyed.

Re: Slave Trade

Posted: 8 May 2015 6:47PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 8 May 2015 6:48PM GMT
Sadly the cattle and ox were not named. In some cases the chattel (slaves) were named the owners last name. The process to not name or take away names was a process done to dehumanize and remove notion of self. Perhaps for those who did not first go to slave boot camp in South America where they were "Trained" to be slaves the process was less or perhaps more painful.
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