tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post3202407645612131800..comments2023-04-10T04:25:40.802-04:00Comments on The Bowed Bookshelf: Never Caught by Erica Armstrong DunbarTrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-78831115865600875902017-03-29T15:02:03.100-04:002017-03-29T15:02:03.100-04:00Great point. The more mundane degradations of slav...Great point. The more mundane degradations of slavery are easy to overlook.Zakariah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751075547005542773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-23396286764220073732017-03-28T19:38:21.121-04:002017-03-28T19:38:21.121-04:00There is no doubt that slavery held many terrors, ...There is no doubt that slavery held many terrors, not the least of which was masters' perceived ownership of every facet of a slave's life. Just the fact that Washington never clued in to Ona's reason for leaving--that she was never taught religious instruction or to read in all her years with them--Washington continued to think of her as the "child" he raised rather than asTrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-30590521490924981072017-03-28T19:20:17.090-04:002017-03-28T19:20:17.090-04:00"Dunbar describes the calculation a nubile sl..."Dunbar describes the calculation a nubile slave would make when contemplating being passed to an owner with a history of sexual interest in colored women." Sadly enough, it was probably THE calculation made by enslaved women on a daily basis. <br /><br />This is one of those things I find particularly galling about those who seek to romanticize the antebellum lifestyle of the Zakariah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751075547005542773noreply@blogger.com