Slavery is horrible and still continues in countries TO THIS DAY!! However, not ALL enslaved people were unhappy or mistreated and many had good working relationships with the families they worked for...in fact many freed slaves took the last name of the farm owners and continued their free lives bearing that name...there are two sides to every story and we’d better start teaching BOTH sides...we’re seeing the outcome of putting poorly educated people out into society and onto the streets.......
I was just reading in 1776 about Washington’s slave and companion before, during, and beyond the Rev War, Billy Lee and contemplating and speculating about Billy Lee’s thoughts on his status and his relationship with Washington. I bet many whites of the time would have loved to have traded places with Mr. Lee.
True. Read “The Children of Pride,” a collection of letters written by the Jones family of Georgia. It will make you weep.