My point is that after 200 years and being born and bred as slaves, not a 
lot changed for them when slavery ended. I know that many of the older 
people in my family only spoke of what happened in the south in hushed 
whispers. This was in the 1950's, so I can imagine how the actual slaves 
felt about revealing the horrors then endured.

Anita


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>Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history         
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>Subject: Re: Madison's slaves (and black descendants?)
>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:11:51 EDT
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>There is little doubt slavery was a horror. but perhaps some found it
>acceptable.  That's the way I read the Slave  Narratives.
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