Yes... positively ecstatic, I'm sure. Imagine how much deeper into joy they would've been if they'd been paid... or given the same treatment and privileges as their masters... or been allowed to keep their children.
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > http://www.parade.com/news/backpage/connie-schultz/100627-watching-roots-in-2010.html > > For years, my friend had wanted me to see her childhood home in the small > Virginia town named for her family. > > Finally, I headed south and knocked on her door. She served pie on > 200-year-old china, poured tea from her great-great-grandmother's pot. We > chatted about the breath-taking view of land outside her windows. Then she > mentioned how her great-great-grandfather had loved the slaves who worked > his fields. > > "Our slaves were happy," she said. > > http://blackplush.blogspot.com > http://theworldebon.blogspot.com > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
