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 "And in conclusion, let me ask 'what if?' What if the United States had
defeated the CSA in the American Civil War?  Then surely slavery would have
been ended in the 19th century.  What if the rise of fascism and nazism had
not led the USA to sign the Southern Recognition Act in order to rebuild
the nation for the two world wars?  Then surely the USA would ultimately
have forced the CSA to give up slavery rather then encoding Southern
slaving 'rights' into law.  What if the rise of the internet and
pornography and the sex industry had not allowed the Southern states to
turn black exploitation into a multi-billion dollar business?  Then surely
it would have become extinct through being largely unprofitable rather than
the most profitable cess pool in human history.  And what if, with the
re-election of the USA's first African American president, politicians were
finally encouraged to fix an evil they have too long ignored?  Then
finally, the USA could be brought into the 21st century, on par with other
advanced nations, as slavery in America was finally and permanently
assigned to the trash can of history.  Only then could we all, white, brown
and black, finally be free.

   --

   I rolled my eyes.  The woman was typical of her kind - a Negress who had
been corrupted by the ridiculous liberal bullshit of the modern educational
system and no longer even recognised the black's only true place was
serving their white masters.  At least here in the South 14 states still
recognised that and took full advantage of the black race.  The rest of
America largely left us to our own devices, and the law allowed us to
travel with our slaves throughout the USA, though not to capture new
slaves.

   They were used in many fields, though the dumb Negress giving the
presentation on the screen was right that the growth of the internet and
our access to slaves we could do anything to had made that the most
profitable area by far, allowing the USA to dominate the international
pornography and adult-themed tourism markets.  Still, they served as
labourers, particularly free government labour, serving staff, house slaves
and more.  The South now was, if anything, more committed to slavery than
ever, and if this idiot thought she could persuade congress to take steps
to end such a profitable business then she was only proving what everyone
knew about Negroes.

   I listened to the news reporter as she explained the woman had travelled
to the South two days after her presentation to lobby Southern leaders and
that she had not been heard from since this morning, apparently missing an
important meeting with six Southern senators at noon without calling to
cancel.  I grinned, could it be that the stupid bitch had managed to be
captured by slavers?  It really would be too good to be true.  When I heard
that her meeting was to have bern in Miami I laughed out loud.  As owner of
one of the more influential slave trading companies in the South that was
where I was heading right now.  It was, after all, the site of one of the
largest slave markets in the Southern states and dealt often with illegal
slaves imported from Africa without fear of repercussions.  If something
had happened to the woman I would find her and I would make her my
property. Then I would show her what her true place was.