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Bold text go yankees redsoxs suck What is this? Mark Richards 00:24, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I deleted Philemon from this list, since his article doesn't mention that he was a slave. RickK 04:20, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)

• Good thing it doesn't mention that, because it's not true! Philemon was a Christian slave-owner; St. Paul sent the escaped slave Onesimus back to him with the Epistle to Philemon. - Nunh-huh 04:33, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] PCness?

Well, there has been some debate about someone being a slave & someone who is enslaved. Such as there being slight irritation that Lincoln freed the slaves but didn't free the black man. In other words, he freed them, but still considered them slaves.

That's why I chose the word "Famous People In Slavery" from the "Slaves" page. This isn't a major sticking point as the distinction is slight & from what I understand it isn't that big of a deal at this point. However, if we could start thinking in that direction, perhaps we'd find a better way to title this article? --Duemellon 15:27, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Additions of ordinary people?

Most of the people listed seem to have some kind of fame or public knowledge. Is this just a list anyone can add to for names of people who were enslaved? For instance, thirty-three people who were held by the Major James Bulloch family in Roswell, GA have been identified by name (first name only) and memorialized on a plaque at the grounds of Bulloch Hall. So if I wanted to make the effort, they could also be listed here, right?

From reading a lot in this area, I think it's better to use the term "enslaved person/Africa/African-American". Then you are reminded there was a person there, and that's why many historians have adopted that term. "Slave" is more abstract. Yes, slavery has been a fact in many countries through history, but we shouldn't forgot what it has meant to the American experience, or anywhere else.

The development of slavery in the United States and changes through the years before the Civil War were too important to gloss over as "everyone did it". Labor derived from slavery was a fundamental part of the economy, the slave trade contributed to wealth North and South, unresolved issues of social justice are being worked on today. Did you know that in 1840 New Orleans was the third largest city in the country and THE wealthiest? - partly because it had the biggest slave market in the country and also because of the huge shipping up and down the Mississippi River, and import-export.

Don't worry so much about not being US-centric that we lose a huge part of US history. I think other countries can take care of their own discussions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parkwells (talk • contribs) 14:41, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

You suck! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.120.116.178 (talk) 17:17, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

hi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.18.23.101 (talk) 13:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)