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I wanted to elaborate on Kellye's point a bit and just point out that, as twenty-first century individuals, we tend to forget that (enslaved) black women once did not have ownership of their own bodies. Because they were property their bodies too were simply a thing that belonged to a white slave owner. Essentially, they were toys for their masters to play with, as horrible as that sounds. I did find it interesting though, that at one point Rothman discussed the issue of Malinda, a slave woman who killed another black man as he tried to sexually assault her. Against someone of her own kind, she had the ability to cry self-defense. Against any white man that typically was not the case. -Kelly | I wanted to elaborate on Kellye's point a bit and just point out that, as twenty-first century individuals, we tend to forget that (enslaved) black women once did not have ownership of their own bodies. Because they were property their bodies too were simply a thing that belonged to a white slave owner. Essentially, they were toys for their masters to play with, as horrible as that sounds. I did find it interesting though, that at one point Rothman discussed the issue of Malinda, a slave woman who killed another black man as he tried to sexually assault her. Against someone of her own kind, she had the ability to cry self-defense. Against any white man that typically was not the case. -Kelly | ||
| − | I found this chapter to be very disturbing first of all. However, I found the case of Peggy and Patrick very interesting. They were first given the death penalty, but the jury thought that Peggy received mercy because of her horrible treatment prior to the murder. It was almost like these white men were trying to say that her horrible treatment was a rare case and that slave owners are not normally like that in order to give slaveholders a better name. -- Kari W. | + | I found this chapter to be very disturbing first of all. However, I found the case of Peggy and Patrick very interesting. They were first given the death penalty, but the jury thought that Peggy received mercy because of her horrible treatment prior to the murder. It was almost like these white men were trying to say that her horrible treatment was a rare case and that slave owners are not normally like that in order to give slaveholders a better name. -- Kari W. |
| + | I have to agree with Stephen and Joe on the opinion that Virginia courts were more likely than not to send a convicted black murdered to hang if he supposedly killed a white. Rothman said that 17% of the murder cases were sent for transportation-but we have to remember that that is 17% of the available sources. If Rothman had access to every single murder case in Virginia during this time period, transportation cases may be lower. If whites were to come to the aid of a black in a murder case, I believe that they would only only petition if as a community they agreed to. It probably would not look acceptable for just one or two whites to come forward on behalf of the convicted black. In addition, whites were probably more likely to petition for a lesser sentence if they took issue for the murdered white for whatever reason. ---Joyce M | ||
== Chapter 5 == | == Chapter 5 == | ||
