On 7/1/2013 1:17 PM, Gary wrote:
> Vegan Earthworm Holocaust wrote:
>>
>> Her plantation wedding crap is why I'm throwing a shovel full on her.
>
> No need to be so anal about her doing history recreation for that wedding.
> That's the way it was way back then and you can't change that. I'm sure lots
> of black people lost out on a good evenings job when this was canceled.
>
> When slaves were first freed, many of them stayed on and worked for their
> plantations where they grew up. It was their home. It was nice to be finally
> free, but not all chose to leave.
>
> G.
>


Correctamundo. The freed slaves were for the most part, uneducated,
had few personal possessions and nowhere to go so most stayed where they
were... at least for a while.

If you would like some fascinating reading about this subject, go to
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30576...-h/30576-h.htm

These are the first hand stories of former slaves recorded in the
1930's. Some (maybe most) slaves had a horrible life.... others were
owned by somewhat enlightened "masters" who fed and housed them very
well.... and educated them alongside their own children.

For me, reading these stories was an eye-opening experience. (Note...
some of the stories were from slaves who lived very close to where I
live now or close to where I lived in Louisiana. That made it that much
more real to me.)

George L