People
like to think that only “white” plantation owners owned and used enslaved
labor. People like to think that it was
only “white males” who fathered children with enslaved female negroes. The list could go on.
The article, Did Black People Own
Slaves? by Henry Louis Gates Jr (at The Root) reminds us that they
did. This challenges us to be
open-minded when looking into the records of who owned slaves and why – both in
terms of who, where, when, why, etc. The
history is complex and the repercussions have been long-lasting.
Some
other articles on the same topic are:
- Dixie’s Censored Subject – Black Slaveowners
- The Black Slave Owners
- First Slave owner in the US was black and more history they don't want you to know
Were your ancestors enslaved by a black owner?
Have you been challenged to determine the “race”
of who owned your ancestors?
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