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To: tejek who wrote (340123)	6/11/2007 9:36:00 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1571714

He was a slave trader; as a profession, that was one or two levels above today's drug smugglers In terms of the morality of the trade I'd put it well below drug smugglers, today's or any other times. But your probably right in terms of social standing it was above today's drug smugglers. Perhaps more than your "one or two levels" above. For one thing it was legal, and while legality is not the same as social acceptance it certainly helps. For another many "pillars of society" where customers, (and not covert or indirect customers the way many rich and/or famous people are of drug dealers today).