 WWW,
March 2011 (archived) - In what can only be seen
as a terrible document, one slave master
"Willy Lynch" writes to his fellow
downpressor that he has found a "a fool
proof method for controlling your
slaves."
This wicked man is proud
of his method. He says: "Ancient Rome
would envy us if my program is
implemented." Subsequently he lays
out how to introduce racism and sexism, how
to use the differences between human beings
and make them larger. In the letter, he exposes
his pride when he says that the method could
keep people under control for
"hundreds, perhaps thousands of
years".
However,
the origin of the document is highly
questioned by scholars who claim that words
like "fool proof" and
"re-fueling" were not used around
the time that the document is said to have
been written. Additionally, there seems to
be no record of any "Willy Lynch"
or the document being quoted around that
time.
Still,
when we look around us unfortunately we can see that the Lynch
method still works in the hearts and minds
of so many people. While they keep fighting
amongst themselves over colour and gender,
the slavemasters of today make use of this
very same method which we find explained
this document. The
full text of the document is here:
Gentlemen:
I greet you here on the bank of the James
River in the year of our lord, one thousand
seven hundred and twelve. First , I shall
thank you, the gentlemen of the of the
colony of Virginia, for bringing me here. I
am here to help you solve some of your
problems with slaves. Your invitation
reached me in my modest plantation in the
West Indies where I have experimented with
some of the newest and still the oldest
method for control of slaves. Ancient Rome
would envy us if my program is implemented.
As our boat sailed south on the James River,
named for our illustrious KING JAMES, whose
BIBLE we CHERISH, I saw enough to know that
our problem is not unique. While Rome used
cords or wood as crosses for standing human
bodies along the old highways in great
numbers, you are here using the tree and the
rope on occasion.
I caught the whiff of a dead slave
hanging from a tree a couple of miles back.
You are losing valuable stock by hangings,
you are having uprisings, slaves are running
away, your crops are sometimes left in the
fields too long for maximum profit, you
suffer occasional fires, your animals are
killed, Gentleman,...You know what your
problems are; I do not need to elaborate. I
am not here to enumerate your problems, I am
here to introduce you to a method of solving
them.
In my bag, I have a fool proof method for
controlling your slaves. I guarantee
everyone of you that if installed it will
control the slaves for at least three
hundred years. My method is simple, any
member of your family or any OVERSEER can
use it.
I have outlined a number of differences
among the slaves, and I take these
differences and make them bigger. I use
FEAR, DISTRUST, and ENVY for control
purposes. These methods have worked on my
modest plantation in the West Indies, and it
will work throughout the SOUTH. Take this
simple little list of differences and think
about them. On the top of my list is
"AGE" but it is only there because
it starts with an "A"; The second
is"COLOR" or shade; there is
INTELLIGENCE, SIZE, SEX, SIZE OF PLANTATION,
ATTITUDE of owner, whether the slaves live
in the valley, on a hill, east or west,
north, south, have fine or coarse hair, or
is tall or short. Now that you have a list
of differences, I shall give you an outline
of action- but before that, I shall assure
you that DISTRUST IS STRONGER THAN TRUST,
AND ENVY IS STRONGER THAN ADULATION, RESPECT
OR ADMIRATION.
The black slave, after receiving this
indoctrination, shall carry on and will
become self-refueling and self-generating
for hundreds of years, maybe thousands.
Don't forget you must pitch the old black
VS. the young black males, and the young
black male against the old black male. You
must use the dark skinned slaves VS. the
light skin slaves. You must use the female
VS the male, and the male VS, the female.
You must always have your servants and
OVERSEERS distrust all blacks, but it is
necessary that your slaves trust and depend
on us.
Gentlemen, these kits are your keys to
control, use them. Never miss an
opportunity. My plan is guaranteed, and the
good thing about this plan is that if used
intensely for one year the slave will remain
perpetually distrustful.
-WILLIAM LYNCH-1772
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