It's common for socialists to assert that chattel slavery is consistent with capitalism. Are they correct? No.
They're wrong because people own their bodies. You have property rights regarding your own physical body. This is why a woman has the right to have an abortion. This is why if you attempt suicide and fail, you won't be charged with attempted murder.
In fact the only way the argument works is if you truly believe that black people could really be the legitimate property of white people. But nobody believes that.
Black people cannot, against their will, be the legitimate property of white people. If they're not the property of whites, then it's not capitalism, it's just other crime similar to kidnapping.
They're wrong because people own their bodies. You have property rights regarding your own physical body. This is why a woman has the right to have an abortion. This is why if you attempt suicide and fail, you won't be charged with attempted murder.
In fact the only way the argument works is if you truly believe that black people could really be the legitimate property of white people. But nobody believes that.
Black people cannot, against their will, be the legitimate property of white people. If they're not the property of whites, then it's not capitalism, it's just other crime similar to kidnapping.