Re: ground rules for debating slavery

2000-10-28 Thread Charles Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/27/00 11:45AM One personal issue here. I thought that Charles said that you cannot have capitalism without slavery. Marx and Engels in some of their stagist writings suggested that slavery existed before feudalism, but I don't see why capitalism could not have formed

ground rules for debating slavery

2000-10-27 Thread Michael Perelman
There are two issues here. First, were Brenner and Wood wrong. That thread is over. I don't think many people care about it. Whether they were right or wrong is inconsequential. Second, there must be a stop to all personal digs in this discussion. Third, try to follow Yoshie's lead in