I read one account of a slave auction in Richmond, the slaves were
being sold to pay off debts after their master had died, and a family
was about to be sold apart and there was such weeping and wailing one
man could no longer stand it and tho he said he couldn't really
afford it, he bought the whole family, mom, dad and kids, to keep
them together. So I think they felt as anyone would feel when their
children and spouses were being taken away from them, and you were
about to lose your parents. Terrified and heartbroken. This is simple
human nature, and has been since Day One. It might have even been
more important to a slave since, basically, the family was all they
had, their real identity, and even that, ultimately, wasn't really
"theirs."
Nancy
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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
--Daniel Boone
On Mar 2, 2007, at 9:41 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I don't disagree with your analysis from a 21st Century
> perspective, but a
> 18th and 19th century perspective, including that of the slaves,
> was entirely
> different. I wonder to what extent slaves accepted their role as
> human
> property and the reality that their family members could be taken
> away and sold to
> another owner?
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