tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795009.post4123288295551077105..comments2023-09-22T15:44:10.411-04:00Comments on CUUMBAYA: Accepting the Chaliceblog invitationJoel Monkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631333436948102576noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795009.post-27685282353645376502009-09-09T10:31:49.661-04:002009-09-09T10:31:49.661-04:00True. There were also free blacks who owned slaves...True. There were also free blacks who owned slaves, and were slave traders. It's a more complicated subject than is commonly supposed.Joel Monkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631333436948102576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795009.post-90474596092999224492009-09-09T09:57:28.298-04:002009-09-09T09:57:28.298-04:00"Everyone who supported slavery was free...&q..."Everyone who supported slavery was free..." begs the question of the close personal slaves who fared well under the system: "house slaves." There is no scientific survey of the subgroup of these folks who were winners under the peculiar instituion. I am no exhonerating slavery, just saying that for some slaves, emancipation was a major step down the security ladder. I cannot believe that none of them foresaw and dreaded the coming of the Yankee economic sell-out and the brutal share-cropping system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com