What were these slaves comparing the treatment to? If you were a slave, born 
and bred and spent your life working from sunup to sundown, that is all you 
know. Maybe they felt that any master who did not whip them or sale them was 
a good master. It is all relative.

Anita


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>Subject: Re: Madison's slaves (and black descendants?)
>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:01:54 EDT
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>You will recall that during our discussion of the WPA Slave Narratives it
>appeared that quite a few former slaves recalled fondly their years in 
>slavery
>and the kindness of their masters.  So, from the perspective of former  
>slaves
>it appears that there were indeed "good" slaveowners when judged by the  
>best
>standard possible, those held in slavery.
>
>J South
>
>
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