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Mr. Howard speaks of fighting for the American Nation. No one would have thought in those terms at that time. That is us in the present inserting an idea into the past that doesn’t belong. – Wesley Weeks | Mr. Howard speaks of fighting for the American Nation. No one would have thought in those terms at that time. That is us in the present inserting an idea into the past that doesn’t belong. – Wesley Weeks | ||
| − | A lot of people have brought up the scene where Ben Martin's "volunteer labor force" responded to the British general saying "we are not slaves...we work this land for free." In class Dr. M. said that 40% of the South's slave labor were located in South Carolina alone. So, I think the likely-hood of a black person in S.C. working on a white person's land on their own accord is fairly low. Taylor made a good point that someone like Mel Gibson's character should not own slaves purely for dramatic reasons, so I think we should let the film slide on this one. | + | A lot of people have brought up the scene where Ben Martin's "volunteer labor force" responded to the British general saying "we are not slaves...we work this land for free." In class Dr. M. said that 40% of the South's slave labor were located in South Carolina alone. So, I think the likely-hood of a black person in S.C. working on a white person's land on their own accord is fairly low. Taylor made a good point that someone like Mel Gibson's character should not own slaves purely for dramatic reasons, so I think we should let the film slide on this one. - David F. |
== 2 Film's relationship to scholarship/primary sources from the time == | == 2 Film's relationship to scholarship/primary sources from the time == | ||
