How would you compare the lives of slaves before the Civil War to that of prisoners in todays prisons?

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• Impressive. I think you paid more attention in social studies than you lead me to believe.

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  by Anonymous on July 17th, 2008

• LOL..actually I was a good student!
  Also, aren't prisoners allowed an education?
  I've heard that many study law while incarcerated--paid for by honest citizens.
  IDK if that's true though.

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  by VS Angel aka Mrs. Stealth Intelligence on July 17th, 2008

• Probably is true.

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  by Anonymous on July 17th, 2008

• Did you ever have a look at the conditions of life a prisoner has ?
  In some prisons 24 hours a day in tiny little cell alone?
  Even if I had to work for my mistress or master as horse and work like I horse, I would prefer slavery because using me as their slave they need to keep me in good state and I would not have to spend the rest of my life in a boring and rotten cell.
  And I would not even fear that they could sell me to anybody else.
  No question at all for me that I would prefer a life as a slave to a cell in a prison.
  As a slave I would see daily quite normal people and could move around and although I would have to work hard for my owners and have to fear the whip, I would really prefer.
  I think any mistress or master who would be my owners would be better than prison.

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  by Frederik on July 15th, 2009

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• As far as I know there were in the South also white people as slaves.
  They were just a little bit more expensive because they did not have so many.
  After my opinion itis a myth that only black people were slaves.

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  by Frederik on July 15th, 2009

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• and your chances of being sodomized were probably lower as a slave(male).

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  by Aintthatapip - Kevonian Overlord on July 17th, 2008

• Good answer

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  by Anonymous on July 17th, 2008

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• This is indeed true but I think the question was what is different to the real life of today prisoner to the life of a slave.
  I defintively would prefer a mistress or master than getting rotten in a prison cell up to the end of my life.
  Being in such a situation I would be rather grateful getting auctioned to somebody although I would not expect at all a comfortable life under the rule of a mistress or master.
  In prison I have almost nothing but as a slave I think I would have a few tiny liberties.

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  by Frederik on July 15th, 2009

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• Which are the differences?

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  by Frederik on July 15th, 2009

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