Slave's Sarcastic Letter to his old Master

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When Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in which she depicted the evils of slavery, there arose a counter movement of writings from slavery apologists:


Anti-Tom literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interestingly the writer Mary Eastman was (like her husband) very sympathetic towards Native Americans from Gopherland and throughout much of the USA. Strangely she held firm to her southern roots and remained hostile towards blacks all her life.

 

[Twila]

Interestingly the writer Mary Eastman was (like her husband) very sympathetic towards Native Americans from Gopherland and throughout much of the USA. Strangely she held firm to her southern roots and remained hostile towards blacks all her life.

It's amazing what the brain will do, if allowed to, to protect itself from guilt. Imagine hating a entire ethnic group people so much that you believe they are only worthy of being slaves.

 

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Images of the happy slave boy lasted well into the 20th century starting with this:

Hollywood perpetuated this mythical image:




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[Sal]

After a couple of beers I could no longer ignore the whimpering for my attention wafting from the freezer. I only had a few spoonfulls, I may get cake in the morning. I may trangress in the worst of hedonistic delight on the morrow.

I hope you did and I hpe you completely enjoyed it.