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'''This was a difficult reading for me, because it has so many layers. First, my 21st century moral superiority and emotional reactions, which have to be disregarded. Second, Grimke Weld's motives for writing. I assumed that the story of the Cruel Mistress was an exaggerated composite story. I have tried to remember that there was a spectrum of attitudes and habits for slave mistresses, and it suits Weld's purpose to identify the most evil person she can as the norm.''' --Stef L. | '''This was a difficult reading for me, because it has so many layers. First, my 21st century moral superiority and emotional reactions, which have to be disregarded. Second, Grimke Weld's motives for writing. I assumed that the story of the Cruel Mistress was an exaggerated composite story. I have tried to remember that there was a spectrum of attitudes and habits for slave mistresses, and it suits Weld's purpose to identify the most evil person she can as the norm.''' --Stef L. | ||
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| + | I wonder how common it was for Southerners to be abolitionists and see the slaves as human beings. I know it wasn’t common, per se, but how few or how many actually felt for the slaves? The fact that the woman described in this account is highly respected was disturbing to me, in class I remember talking about how slave holders how treated their slaves so badly were ostracized. Was this not the case for female slave holders. It seems that she would treat her slaves poorly in public and no one took notice of it. -- Emma C. | ||
