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| | I also very much liked this piece. Louisa’s writing was smart, witty and fantastically snarky! '''I thought this was a great form of rebuttal, undermining the integrity of the argument presented as well as the author by sarcastically saying that Stowe was only perpetuating common ideas and lies about slavery. ''' By over exaggerating several ideas in the book, such as: “The poor negro, astounded by the torrent of progress, which, bursting over the world, now hangs menacingly (for to the wild man is not civilization always menacing?) above him, would vainly follow with the stream, and is swept away in the current” Louisa discourages readers of Stowe to believe Stowes writing which Louisa shows to be fantastical and unreliable. -- Elyse Lawrence | | I also very much liked this piece. Louisa’s writing was smart, witty and fantastically snarky! '''I thought this was a great form of rebuttal, undermining the integrity of the argument presented as well as the author by sarcastically saying that Stowe was only perpetuating common ideas and lies about slavery. ''' By over exaggerating several ideas in the book, such as: “The poor negro, astounded by the torrent of progress, which, bursting over the world, now hangs menacingly (for to the wild man is not civilization always menacing?) above him, would vainly follow with the stream, and is swept away in the current” Louisa discourages readers of Stowe to believe Stowes writing which Louisa shows to be fantastical and unreliable. -- Elyse Lawrence |
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| | + | I love the sarcasm McCord uses in this review! She seems like she would have been an interesting woman to know, and certainly not someone you wanted to cross. It was interesting to see the slaveholder's critique of Stowe's work, particularly, McCord's comments on Mrs. Shelby. I liked the way McCord used Stowe's own words against her to point out Mrs. Shelby's hypocrisy in being appalled by the treatment of the slaves but defending them rather weakly. The defense of slavery at the end of the piece is interesting, but in some respects it doesn't seem to ring quite true with the author's earlier comments on slavery. On one, hand, the commentary on Mrs. Shelby's ineffectual complaints seems to show some sympathy towards slaves: "[...]it might be possible- quite as easy, perhaps- to dispose of [the slaves] in families to some humane neighbor [...], instead of tearing them apart and selling them to some brutal slave dealer..."pg. 219. On the other hand, however, McCord is completely unapologetic about the existence of slavery and her only acknowledgment of the ill-treatment of slaves is immediately followed by her insistence that the Christian values of American slave holders make their slavery better: "shorn of the barbarities with which a slavery established by conquest and maintained by brute force is always accompanied, we have begun to mingle it with the grace and amenities of the highest Christian civilization". The sheer arrogance behind this defense just floors me- slavery is not just an unfortunate part of life, no, slavery is actually God's will for the African people, and by enslaving them, slaveholders are actually saving them...Absolutely mind blowing but very well written. Clearly this woman was highly intelligent and knew it.- Melissa Patterson |
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| − | The introduction to this narrative stated that it was in a slave woman’s best interest to have children because it decreased her likelihood of being sold. The benefits are not so clear in Rose Williams’s case because her owner did not let her choose her partner. I think this provides a good example to show that slavery could be a quid pro quo relationship. Rose’s owner did something nice for her, bought her along with her parents, and then used that as a bargaining tool to get what he wanted out of her. Of course the slaveholder always had the upper hand, but I think it is important to note that some bargaining occurred. As I was reading for another class, I came across a slave woman who remarked about her master: “I own him and he owns me.” The master-slave relationship was anything but simple. –Allison Luthern
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