Employment vs Enslavement - By Moses

In 1971 a Major League Baseball Player, Curt Flood, and the head of the MLBPA - Marvin Miller challenged the MLB reserve clause. The reserve clause had been established the year that the American League was introduced into the Major Leagues, alongside the National League, in the year 1901. It stated that 'A player is bound to the team that signs him for the duration of his career, with renewable contracts each year of the players' career.'
This essentially legalized a team Owner as having power of attorney to enslave a player for the duration of his career. In many cases an outspoken player was banished to the Minors, even though he was highly coveted by other teams. On Owners' whims, this practice was common. Before the American League was introduced into the Major Leagues, the Majors consisted of one League, the National League. During this period - est. 1870-1900, Native Americans and Jewish Ballplayers were not allowed to play in the Majors. It was Jim Thorpe, in 1912, who became the first recognizable Native American to play in the Major Leagues, doing so with the New York Giants and Manager Joe McCarthy. During this period there was virtually no chance for a Ballplayer to earn a salary that would now seem to be ethical. It is commonly acknowledged that George Herman Ruth, 'The Babe', helped players to earn salaries that were more representative of Owners' profits. In 1931, Babe Ruth earned $80,000/year. When a sports writer asked Ruth if he thought that it was appropriate for a Ballplayer to earn more than President Herbert Hoover, Ruth replied 'I had a better year than him.' This still didn't prohibit a Baseball organization from owning their players by reserve clause.
Over the course of the years of 1870-1946, African Americans were not permitted to play in the Majors. This precedent was set in 1883, when a 'Black' Ballplayer by the name of Moses Fleetwood Walker was told he couldn't remain on the team that signed him. The team that wanted to break the color barrier was in Ohio and a team from Kentucky pushed the issue, negating Walker from playing because he was 'Black'. Jews likewise weren't allowed to play in the Majors until the advent of the American League, and it wasn't until the early 30's that there was a name Jewish Ballplayer in the Major Leagues, Henry Greenberg. This issue was brought up again by Cum Posey, who organized the Negro Leagues in 1922, as an act of defiance to the racism felt by all 'Blacks' during this time. It wasn't until 1947 that a Major League Owner employed (rather enslaved as evidenced by the reserve clause) a 'Black' man in the game of Baseball. Branch Rickey, Owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to play in the Dodgers Farm System with the Montreal Royals. When Rickey was asked why he signed two 'Black' Ballplayers, hence breaking the color barrier, he replied 'What was I supposed to my maker if I didn't?'
It was still common at this time in Canada and the U.S.A to see signs in front of Golf Courses reading 'No Indians, Jews, or Coloreds allowed'.
It wasn't until Marvin Miller was named head of the MLBPA est. 1969, that changes finally surfaced for good. An African-American Ballplayer by the name of Curt Flood was playing for the St. Louis Cardinals and was unhappy with his salary. He asked for a 10% raise and was denied by Cardinal brass. On Marvin Miller's' advice, Flood sat out the 1971 Baseball season to test the MLB reserve clause. Flood and Miller went before Commissioner Bowie Kuhn (who represented the Owners) and were denied Free Agency status. In Spring Training of 1975 a Caucasian Ballplayer by the name of Andy Messersmith test the waters again, following the advice again set by Marvin Miller. At the end of the 1975 season, having sat out, Miller and Messersmith went before an arbitrator that couldn't be denied the MLBPA, and this time Free-Agency status was granted to Messersmith. As a result of the arbitrators' ruling, a Collective Bargaining Agreement became paramouont as every Ballplayer in the Majors that hadn't signed for the year, could claim Free-Agency status without having to sit out a season (as evidenced by Reggie Jackson signing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1975/76). The arbitrator in the Messersmith case ruled that a Player could not be Owned by his team Owner and this resulted in the first Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Commissioner of MLB Bowie Kuhn (representing the Owner's) and the MLBPA headed by Marvin Miller.
This was essentially the end of enslavement in Canada and the U.S.A, as America's Pastime couldn't deny a Player basic human rights pertaining to ethical contracts. The irony to the end of enslavement in Canada and the U.S.A in 1975/76 is that it was to never to have occured in the first place. Moses freed the Hebrew slaves of Goshen, Egypt from 400 years of enslavement at the hands of Pharoah Pithses and Pharoah Ramses. Likewise there was another 400 years of slavery amongst 'Blacks' in America set by the 'White' American Patriots. As Abraham Lincoln supposedly ended slavery amongst African-Americans during his Presidency in America, this was essentially false as evidenced by the practices of Southern States, and Apartheid within South Africa. When Apartheid ended in South Africa in the early 90's we finally realized the dream that Curt Flood and Marvin Miller had when they challenged the reserve clause in 1971, holding MLB accountable to 'employ' rather than to 'enslave' their Players.
In Hebrew Law it states 'A man is entitled to be employed seven years to another man', not enslaved. This Law was established to ensure that there would never again be another Goshen.