Don’t forget that the female slaves developed child-rearing skills after the master raped them. And since importing new slaves was banned by law (but often not policed very well) the master could then turn around and sell off what were likely his own children, and get a higher price for them if they were lighter skinned.
There were slaveholders who focused more on selling children than on picking cotton.
Other examples of the skills developed that still benefit them to this day:
Running from a rape or a beating. Led to the dominance of black athletes in track and field events.
Selling out your fellow slaves to become a house slave. Led to Thomas Clarence reaching the highest legal position in the country by selling out his fellow people of color.
Seducing local white wives and daughters led to the genre of BBC porn which gives many employment opportunities.
If you think about it, the slaves should have been paying their owners for the opportunity to learn these skills and benefits. Reparations to the slave owners should be strongly considered.
priceless cotton picking skills, for all those cotton farms that they owned.
Put your back into it when you throw it onto the pile of Florida’s embarassment, it’s getting harder to reach the top.
Don’t forget that the female slaves developed child-rearing skills after the master raped them. And since importing new slaves was banned by law (but often not policed very well) the master could then turn around and sell off what were likely his own children, and get a higher price for them if they were lighter skinned.
There were slaveholders who focused more on selling children than on picking cotton.
Other examples of the skills developed that still benefit them to this day:
If you think about it, the slaves should have been paying their owners for the opportunity to learn these skills and benefits. Reparations to the slave owners should be strongly considered.
(/s for the humor impaired)