[Tax-chick]

Just to quibble, again ... in the absence of other information (and I accept Robertson's research on the subject, to the extent that I really care :-), your highlighted quotes do not specify slaves. All of those terms, including "master," could be used to described hired black workers, either free workers or another owner's slaves. "Master" was the common term in Victorian times for any employer of labor; domestic labor notably, but even for factory employers.

[carton253]

Just to quibble

When I read your post, all I could hear was Bill Clinton during his deposition quibbling over the meaning of the word is.

For those who do not want to accept the fact that Jackson owned slaves, they could say that the quotes from Anna Jackson's books "describe hired black workers, either free workers or another owner's slaves".

But could one really believe that during the times she is writing about and in the context she uses these words... she is talking about anything other than slaves?