To deprive of human qualities such as individuality, compassion, or civility: slaves who had been dehumanized by their abysmal condition.
The issue of the point in history is a good one, except that by the above definition, it can be argued that the slaves of that era were still dehumanized. Why? Because the peers of their owners were treated in an entirely different- and much more civil, individual, and compassionate- manner.
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Date: 2005-11-24 09:35 pm (UTC)The issue of the point in history is a good one, except that by the above definition, it can be argued that the slaves of that era were still dehumanized. Why? Because the peers of their owners were treated in an entirely different- and much more civil, individual, and compassionate- manner.