Until Justice Rolls Down Like Water!: In antebellum slavery, the trick was to tell lies and convince multitudes of citizens that the people held in captivity as slaves were less than human beings. Likewise, slavery today is predicated on the same reasoning and persuading the citizens to see people as criminals and not as human beings. The battle to win the hearts and minds of the people continues still to this day with the goal of the oppressor being to demonize people while the goal of the oppressed being to humanize and liberate themselves!