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Re: "The Monster of Monticello"
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Melinda Skinner <[log in to unmask]>
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Of course. Slavery has been around (possibly) forever. Red herring...

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On Dec 14, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Jeff Southmayd <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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 neighb

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