Not what I said at all. I said they were highly skilled, particularly in agriculture, engineering, and architecture. Dummies didn't come over on the slave ships. White settlers were getting their asses handed to them trying to work this land in its heat and in this soil. There is a plantation in South Carolina famous for having been converted from a mile stretch of swamp land. It took SKILLED labor to do that. I am not talking about a physical prowess but rather an intellectual one. That is what was coveted. We were a smart and rebellious group, and one only needs to look to the manufacturing of a "slave" to see how strong, intelligent, and defiant we were.