The fun part would be to do a geniological study to see if he really is a decendant of a slave.
Geneology is irrelevant. If he believes he is an ex-slave, then he is. With certain mentalities (and hollywood is a moron magnet) their perception is reality.
23 posted on 07/23/2004 6:06:50 PM PDT by Publius6961
(I don't do diplomacy either.)