Well let's recall that black slavery originated in Africa hundreds of years before the Euopeans came on the scene.
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> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:04:38 +0000
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> Subject: Re: "The Monster of Monticello"
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> You are correct in saying that the slavery was the "law of the land." According to the Law, slaves were on the same level as cows, pigs, and horses. Consequently, the law permitted slaveowners to treat their slaves as cows, pigs, and horses. The following examples come from court records found at the Library of Virginia called coroners' inquisitions. These are just very small sampling.
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> Madison County: 1847 August 11, Death of Sarah the slave of Asa W. Graves: Died from being whipped to death by Benjamin Andison and his wife.
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> Goochland County: 1824 January 19, Death of Polima: Died from severe, unmerciful and inhuman treatment and wounds inflicted by her owner, William T. Fletcher.
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> Frederick County: 1833 Sept. 19, Death of Lucy (slave): Earlier on the day of her death, Lucy had been whipped, mostly about the thighs, by her master as punishment for stealing some "trifling article" from a neighbor. While working over the fire she fainted from "exertion or sickness from the fire and whipping" and struck her head on the hearth. It was determined that the whipping and fall were the cause of her death but that there was "no intention to kill on the part of her master."
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> Louisa County: 1786 Feb. 10, Death of Jeny (a slave): Jeny, a slave belonging to Col. Richard James, died from the whipping given to her by William Tuggle of Louisa County.
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> Lynchburg: 1834 Nov. 18, Death of Rice Parker: Died of various wounds inflicted upon the body, thighs, and legs by the dogs of George W. Pettijohn. Said dogs were willfully and maliciously set upon said Parker by Pettijohn.
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> Powhatan County: 1805 October 17, Death of Rose, a slave: Died from cruel treatment by her owner's wife, Sarah Tucker. Tucker had Rose beaten and administered medicine to her improperly and maliciously with the intention of killing Rose.
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> Brunswick County: 1812 Nov. 1, Death of Jenny (slave): Jenny, a slave owned by Benjamin Lewis of Brunswick County, died from repeated blows received from a cow hide whip administered feloniously by Benjamin Taylor. Taylor was Lewis' overseer. The inquisition includes depositions of witnesses who offered detailed testimony concerning Jenny's death. One witness could hear the slave's cries for mercy and did nothing.
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> Petersburg: 1843 June 21, Death of Reuben (slave): Reuben was a slave owned by Mary Massenburg. Severely whipped by John Minetree, to whom he was hired for the year. His body was marked with many blows of the cowhide. Upon post-mortem examination, "cowhide was not considered sufficient to cause death" ... "jury concurs the severity of the whipping in giving the deceased so great a number of stripes," but believed "he came to his death from other causes ... undue quantity of cold water in his stomach, while under excessive heat and exhaustion." John Minetree "discharged from all charges of murder."
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> Slavery was the law of the land and it was consistent with the mores and folkways of Jefferson's day and time; but, those facts should not absolve from criticism those who wrote the laws establishing slavery nor those who promoted the mores and folkways that made slavery acceptable by society.
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> Greg Crawford
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> As you are undoubtedly aware, Dred Scott was the law of the land (United States) at that point and the Fugitive Slave Law in full effect. Slaves were chattel property and from a legal standpoint returning them to their owners was little more than returning a stray horse or cow to its owner, and in fact required under the statute of federal marshalls.
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> I think some may need to take a couple PC nuetralizing pills when discussing slavery during this period in our history to try to get to some level of objectivity.
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> > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:42:16 +0000
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> > Subject: Re: "The Monster of Monticello"
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> > Perhaps you should read David G. Smith, "Race and Retaliation: The Capture of African Americans During the Gettysburg Campaign" in Peter Wallenstein and Bertram Wyatt-Brown, eds., Virginia's Civil War. There is written evidence that Confederate commanders were fully aware of what the army was doing in this regard.
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> > Gregg Kimball
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> > His troops individually may have done any number of things within the context of war, but what does that have to do with Lee?
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> > > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:07:26 -0800
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> > > I do not believe he freed all his slaves, but i am not where i can
> > > check it and give u a citation. His troops hinted fugitive slaves
> > > and free blacks in PA on their way to Gettysburg
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