Why did an inhumane institution of course not everybody who defended it thought it was inhumane but why did that system survive, persist and grow?

为什么一个不人道的制度,当然不是所有捍卫它的人都觉得不人道,为什么奴隶制度还是会生根,发芽,成长

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They watered, they shed a light to it and the seed germinated and grew.

他们灌溉，播撒阳光,种子开始发芽生长。

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And germinal means "The budding," it's a reference to a calendar of the French Revolution.

erminal这个词的意思是发芽

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