“What was Thompson’s theory of the relationship between sanctions and slavery?”
Thompson believed that negative consequences had a negative effect on slaves rather than a positive effect. Many slaveowners would whip slaves for something they didn’t do or a minor offense, like not carrying as much firewood as they could. Sometimes the beatings were so horrible that the slave whipped would be left senseless for weeks. They would whip eight-year-olds for breaking a dish, and would send slaves into the freezing winter to chop wood with bare feet. Some would whip slaves just because they wanted to, or just to show who was in charge. Many people learned that by being so harsh, they were getting exactly what they didn’t want. The slaves would become rebellious, and if they’d had enough punishment, they would get revenge or beat the person whipping them with his own whip. The punishment for this was especially severe, many slaves died from the beatings that came afterwards. The slaves that were beat said that if they were ever going to do something like that again, they would just kill the person and take the hanging for it instead of being whipped like that ever again. Whenever the slaves got beat, it would just reinforce their hatred or rebelliousness against their masters.
On the other hand, the slaveowners that were kinder and more humane got better results, with slaves that were happier (as happy as a slave can be) and more willing to work. If the slaves were better fed, then they would be healthier and able to do more work. They would feel better about their work and the crops would most likely be better than if they were starved, abused slaves. They would care for the master, or at least they wouldn’t want to get sold to someone with a more cruel way of managing slaves. If the crops were doing well, the slaveowner wouldn’t have to sell slaves to make money, and families wouldn’t have to be split up. When the slaves were treated well, the masters got healthier, happier slaves who worked harder.
Conclusion: Thompson did not approve of excessive whipping, or whipping for no reason at all. He believed that kinder approaches had better results for everyone involved, both the master and the slaves, and cruelty was only returned with more cruelty, rebellion, and violence.
I remember doing this! Makan daging anjing dengan sayur kol!
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I’m guessing I have to translate the last part…. ๐
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…Does that say: “Eat dog meat with cabbage vegetables”? in Indonesian, or am I getting it VERY wrong?
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Nope, you are right.
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Ok. ๐ Mengapa saya melakukan itu?
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Did you meant “Why would you do such a thing.”? You said, “Why did I do that?”. Did you eat a dog with cabbage recently!?
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I meant: “why would I do that?” but I guess google translate has a weird sense of humor today.
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Okay.
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๐ I most definitely have never eaten a dog.
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Hmm, but I do like cabbage vegetables. and mexican rice and beans, and enchiladas. also burritos, and all mexican food.
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I bet you do not like pickled jalapenos, do you? I do.
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actually, we made those a couple years ago, but they were too spicy, so I just ate the pickled banana peppers! and pickles.
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Oh okay ๐
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Something weird I HAVE eaten though is a fish eye from a whole steamed fish, at a Chinese buffet. And it is totally my grandmother’s fault, she said it was delicious and healthy for me. NEVER AGAIN. ๐คข
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Lol, amateur xD In Indonesia eating whole baked fish was the only way I ate fish. Don’t worry, their already dead, they wont feel you grinding their eyes in your mouth xD
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But you still feel it!! It’s totally gross!
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But it does not, so… just sit back, open your mouth, let the eye enter, and enjoy.
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Nooooooo. nonono nope.
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Crunch crunch…
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No, more like: crunch crunch slimy blehhhhhh
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and squirt
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no, I would spit it out before that.
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splat?
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exactly
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squish squish….
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๐คข๐คฎ
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XD, this is hilarious! Fish eyes sound nasty! ๐
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They are VERY nasty, never eat one.
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Never ever will I voluntarily eat a fish eye. ๐
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That’s good! ๐
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I will eat fish, i will eat fried fish, but never a fish eye. ๐โก๐=๐คข
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I should hope not! but fried fish is good. We had fish last night.
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That must’ve been good.
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It was! I was too full to have dessert. Which is sad.
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You can never be too full for dessert! ๐ฑ
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Well, I was. So yes, you can. ๐
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I always make a little space for dessert, even if i am unable to move due to fullness afterwards. ๐
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Or your stomach hurts. That’s the worst. ๐ต
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I never eat that much!
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me neither, I learned my lesson when I was seven or so.
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Just like you did when you ate that fish eye? ๐
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yup
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Grandma was mean telling you that the fish eye was yummy.
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That or her taste buds are wonky.
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Good point. like mayonnaiseman.
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I think everyone just calls him Iman. Or Man-as-ye-iman.
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OOPS! I meant manasyeiman! XD
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lol ๐๐๐
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It kind of looks like mayonnaise man. XD
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I know!
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This is my last week of school (with science as an exception!)
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Wow, good for you! We do some school throughout the summer, so we don’t forget anything over vacation. But our portfolio review is in two weeks.
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Thx! I’m sure the school you do throughout the summer won’t be near as much as usual.
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nope, that would be horrible. we’ll only do a day or two of school every week.
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good
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Unfortunately one of my friends may be going to summer school. he says he needs to get a good grade on his literature exam.
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Oh no, is he disappointed?
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He hasn’t taken the test yet.
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ohh, ok
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๐๐
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COOL!!!!!
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Thank you! ๐
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hey! how do you get so many commentsssss!!!!! wowwww ๐คฉ๐
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Um, I don’t know! I just talk about anything and start up a conversation! Like: what’s your favorite dessert? (mine is lemon bars, I think)
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really? iโll try that and thanks for the tip! btw mine is probably cookie dough ice cream (if that counts) ๐
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Ohhh, ice cream is good! I like chocolate though.
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iโve personally never really liked chocolate that much
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I sneeze whenever I eat it, it’s super weird. But it’s still my favorite.
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woah thatโs super cool and weird at the same time๐
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I know, right? ๐
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i wish that happened to me, but i have severe clumsiness
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I like sneezing for some reason.
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well thatโs something you donโt here everyday ๐
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I gotta go eat breakfast now, nice talking to you!
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could you by any chance shout me out on your blog and i would do the same?
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Of course! I’ll try to do it sometime today, or tomorrow, or as soon as I can.
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Okay thank you, I owe you ๐
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No problem! ๐
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๐๐
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I finished it!
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thank you!! i literally canโt thank you enough ๐๐
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here’s the link: https://thebountifulpen.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/blog-promotion-post/
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thank you!!
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