Slavery in America (Chattle) - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

 

      In the Civil War of America in the 1850's-1865, slavery was the main issue as to why the North had to win the War against the South.  As President of the U.S.A, Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery as a result of winning the Civil War.  Has enslavement really been defeated?

  Look at the cause and effect of the end of the Civil War in 1865.  It was 1883 in America when a Professional Team playing for Toledo, Ohio had a 'Black' Catcher on their team by the name of Moses Fleetwood Walker.  As the first 'Black' man in Professional Sports in America, Walker was a four letter man out of Ohio University and a stud on the diamond.  It was Cap Anson (playing for a Kentucky Major League Team) who was competing against Moses Fleetwood Walker who refused to play against Toledo that day (in Kentucky) citing the State Segregatory Law as sufficient reasoning to dis-allow 'Blacks' and 'Whites' from competing with or against each-other.  How is this representative of the ending of America's Civil War?

  In 1947, it was Jackie Robinson who broke the colour barrier and became the first 'Black' to win the N.L MVP Award, which he accomplished in 1949.  As 'Blacks' started to be implemented in American Professional Sports it was thought of to have been dealt with respect to societal, by the end of the 1950's (conservative, so perhaps by the end of the sixties to see a parity of the 'Black' Ballplayer in MLB).  

  In Canada and the U.S.A in the 1950's, players from the NHL started the Pension Fund forming a Players Union to combat low salaries with no benefits.  Professional Baseball followed suit in 1970, when Curt Flood (a 'Black') challenged the reserve clause in Major League Baseball to become the first MLB Free-Agent.  His claim was denied by an arbitrator in 1972 and Free Agency had to be challenged again by the Major League Baseball Players Union Chief, Marvin Miller.  He was successful in the claim for Andy Messersmith (a 'White') to become the first Major League Free-Agent in 1975.

  When we look at the contracts that are currently being handed out, is it really fair to tie someone down to a locale for more than seven years (as Jewish Law states after seven years a contract can be considered slavery)?  The idea of Chattle (a Yiddish word for enslavement) has never really been taken out of the equation.  How is this representative of what America and Canada stand for from Political and Professional attitudes of our neutral positions like our blog 'Midgard Journal'. This counteracts everything we stand for (by our set of beliefs) in a secularized society.  To further interest into Jim Crow Politics across America, just to re-iterate a dominance to the 'Black' man and trying to push segregatory laws at a time when this could just erupt the United States of America into their next Civil War.  I sure as hell won't stand by for this to be the case in my Homeland of Canada, as some of my closest friends are African Canadian and I sure wouldn't discriminate against gathering at a function of mine (a party for example).