“It’s a good educational thing, and kids should understand what they were doing.”
That’s true enough, but what’s being reported is that these were a group of former pages and she only handed this cotton and posed the question about being slaves to the 3 black kids that were part of the group.
If you’re trying to beat back accusations that your husband is a racist, maybe this wasn’t such a smart idea, this woman must really be as thick as a brick.