There were Black Slave owners in the U.S. It was a matter of economics and labor but the slave eventually cost more thsn his keep. The G.M. and Ford workers in Detroit on benefits and full salary eventually costed more than their eceonomic value in productivity and their keep. BP just shut down offshore drilling in favor of hydrogen and on shore drilling. Slavery creates a weak internal market and if you see a slave mentioned in Philemon, that was a slaved cared for under the ten commandments and not abused as if he was a Hebrew slave in Egypt. When Moses was in Egypt land, he said let God's people go. The latin vulgate said "servant'; not slave. It also says 'servant' in Greek and Hebrew; not slave. God In America 03 A Nation Reborn