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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
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On 2 Nov 2024 01:30:14 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> The truth is while the Cherokee didn't have a problem enslaving people
> from other tribes ...

It’s in the Christian Bible, isn’t it? (And they got that part from the 
Jews.) It says there’s nothing wrong with slavery per se, but you should 
make sure to only enslave people from other tribes, not your own.

The abolitionist movement didn’t come from any religious idea; I see it as 
the first major move towards seeing right and wrong as something based on 
universal humanist principles, not deriving from any religious doctrine.