Actually, he's referring to real, documented history.
In the 1930's, the federal government sent out teams of people to interview the old, former slaves. These interviews are part of a fascinating and wonderful historical record commonly referred to as the Slave Narratives. You can read them, unedited, here:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
I would encourage you to read a random sample of 10 of these at your liesure. You will be SHOCKED at what you read.
In my statistical sample, only about 10% reported abuse or said they hated their former masters. (this is lower than the number of women today who claim they have been abused by their husbands).
Of the remaining 90%, views range from neutral to absolute, outspoken love (about 30%) for their former masters. Some even say things like "slavery times sure were good times", and refused to leave their masters.
And while most were indeed glad to be free, most of them also DID NOT LIKE the yankees. They were well aware of the rapes and abuses of the yankee soldiers.
I'm sorry if this documented history from the slave's own mouths does not square with your views, but maybe it's time to re-examine your views based on documented history, not the crap taught in the government schools.
Look, everyone is glad slavery is gone in this country today. But, the historical record shows Southerners predominately followed the instructions provided by the Apostle Paul for the institution.
I would also advise you to read Booker T. Washington's wonderful autobiography, "Up from Slavery". He spoke very highly of his former master. He also said that, even given the downfalls of slavery, that blacks had benefited because of it.
All that said, we are better off having moved beyond it.. although Lincoln deserves virtually none of the credit for that.
Now, if we could only end the practice of divorce, which Paul gives similar instruction on, although it is also destructive....
I'm not so sure of that.
But, the historical record shows Southerners predominately followed the instructions provided by the Apostle Paul for the institution.
Cold comfort if you're the one deprived of liberty.
And don't you think there's some self-selection going on in the 1930s study? The poorly-treated slaves would by definition have been of poorer health and have been dead by the 1930s. Only those with the best treatment would have survived so long.
Conducting a survey about the quality of slave life seventy years after Emancipation is a very self-serving activity.
All that said, we are better off having moved beyond it.. although Lincoln deserves virtually none of the credit for that.
LOL, right. Lincoln was the first person to send armies to liberate the slaves, and succeeded. NOTHING to do with it? Right.