Nathaniel Gordon, Slave Trader, 1826-1862

[@deeznoots6241]

I hate it when I sell my boat to a Spaniard who immediately goes and does illegal things only to run away when a warship appears so perfectly that its as if he was never there.

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

Gordon, by his actions, killed over a hundred captives. That's psychopathic serial killing.

[@cptr]

Slave trading was banned to avoid war w England not because it was deemed immoral

[@skipperson4077]

cynical blanket statement that lacks nuance and the actual complexity of the situation. Both the US and England banned the international slave trade in 1807, that didn't stop the War of 1812...

[@marcoeire44]

Is he wearing a kippah in that portrait? Lol

[@vittoriaanime124]

Wow buddy, cool it with the antisemitic remarks

[@wjak9-4sk5i-pw5yi]

Weird shape for one and too far forward on the head. Looks more like a side cap.

[@justinallen2408]

That's a hairpiece cx

[@talatq719]

well he DID own the ship right?

[@DmT922ha]

Well the juice did engage in a lot of slave trading...

[@hiskakun2276]

What happened to the byzantine emperors? 😢

[@El_Chompo]

I just had a wild flash of imagination for a movie. A slave trade vessel loaded up is going west. A few of the captives make the best of the situation by somehow telling stories and working together to make the trip more enjoyable than it would have otherwise. It must have happened just by the sheer numbers and chances.

[@Jason-fm4my]

What sources were used for this?

[@TrajGreekFire]

Timothy Dexter, buisnessman 1747-1806

[@EmperorDionx]

Bruh why are there so many wild stories in history lol. The man didnt care about slavery one way or another, he was just trying to get rich. Even as a black man i cant knock his hustle there lol His biggest mistake was being late to the slave trading hustle. 1860s was a bit too late for that one

[@Notimportant3737]

Honestly his end reads kinda like a dark comedy. Botched suicide attempt, revived solely to be executed, So drunk he had to be carried to the gallows, the incoherent final words. Whole thing was humiliating, but fitting for a person willing to trade in human lives for a few shiny coppers. Only part of his life I envy is his travels; all over America, west Africa, Brazil, Cuba. Man was everywhere.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

Because 'Murica has always been a classical oligarchy.

[@TrajGreekFire]

you stroke a rebel enough and you find a closet aristocrat

[@revolutionaryhamburger]

Can you name someplace that isn't a 'classical oligarchy?' Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

@@revolutionaryhamburger None. Democracy as defined by Aristotle in Athens is something we haven't developed yet.

[@taowroland8697]

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