@nerthos @anemone @arcana to really oversimplify it black slavery in the USA evolved out of a court case where in the 1600s there were no rules about which races could be slaves or slave owners. a black slaveowner acquired a white slave and it became a heated court case and at that point the majority decided he could not and it snowballed into that only black people could be owned by white people. I invite anyone to challenge my interpretation as it's been a while but that's how I understand it.