I have an ancestor who was a slave in MASS...a white slave..
Her father was the first documented criminal in MASS Colony..stealing corn and grain during starving times..
she was made a slave at age 7 to pay for his crimes..he had been whipped and paid his dues and been banished to New York Colony years before she was free again..
I was actually very surprised to find out my family owned slaves. I always assumed I was descended from poor white trash farmers, but Ancestry.com has a scan of my great+++ grandfather’s will, in which he wills his “negroes” to one of his sons, not my grandfather in 1793. It seems most of my family, who were farmers had at least one slave.
All of us are descendants of slaves. And all of us are descendants of slave owners. All of us. All of us are descendants of men who raped women. All of us. If the rape hadn’t happened, you, or me, would not be here now. All of us are descendants of saints, kings, murderers, slaves, and totally inconsequential people who’s entire lives have been totally forgotten. Fools, knaves, geniuses. They are all there.
#7 stealing corn and grain during starving times..
He was making mash.... : )