[CatherineofAragon]

Wouldn’t see this mess if you paid me. It’s just more nurse-the-racial-grudge, blacks-are-saints, white-Southerners-are-evil indoctrination.

And if that means I’m missing out, then hallelujah, let me “miss out” some more.

[robowombat]

‘It’s just more nurse-the-racial-grudge, blacks-are-saints, white-Southerners-are-evil indoctrination’

Which is why the book is well worth reading as it is none of those things. Northrup was born free and worked as a musician at hotels around Saratoga New York. he was duped into working for what he thought was a vaudeville impresario during the winter season. Instead he got kidnapped and sold down the river. His portrayal of the South and people in Louisiana is fascinating as they are seen as individuals not stereotypes. The man who did the ‘as told to’ was a professional journalist not an abolitionist activist. ‘!2 Years a Slave’ is fascinating and well worth the read.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Maybe they will make a movie about my ancestors. “Irish 400 Years a Slave Of The British” :-)

[lostboy61]

My people came from Wales in 1862 and signed on with the Union for money to send back to get the wife and kiddy's over here. Never owned a slave as they knew first hand about being the slaves of the English. One of the three brothers is still at Gettysburg. We have paid the price for what we were not a party too.