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15. And yet, for all their happiness

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Dec 28, 2023, 10:35 PM

Dec 2023

No White persons wanted to swap places with them. A fact that baffles some historians.

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Michael Beschloss has tweeted samples of a 1956 Virginia seventh-grade textbook about "generally happy" slaves [View all] highplainsdem Dec 2023 OP

I'm thinking that's today's Florida textbooks mcar Dec 2023 #1

I'm sure they've sanded it down, polished it up... dchill Dec 2023 #29

Ignorance and bigotry are rather tenacious. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #2

How many slaves were homeless? moondust Dec 2023 #3

Damn you. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #5

I haven't heard it made. moondust Dec 2023 #8

One of my employees the other day told me the civil war was wasnt about slavery but about states rights. Eko Dec 2023 #4

they were probably watching nikki haley's crap on fox. she said it was about "states rights" nt orleans Dec 2023 #23

Right, and oh yah, fawk her. a kennedy Dec 2023 #48

That was my textbook Dave in VA Dec 2023 #6

I've been curious about how this presentation made the students feel. Can you share? Hekate Dec 2023 #10

That was nearly 60 years ago. Dave in VA Dec 2023 #13

Thank you, it does. My life, neighbors, & home state were so different from that; I had no idea textbooks were also Hekate Dec 2023 #16

what was your home state (you said textbooks were so different -- just wondering) nt orleans Dec 2023 #25

O'ahu, Hawai'i. Civilian family, but Lockheed got a Navy contract to service their planes... Hekate Dec 2023 #36

You could have written twice as much, I would have reead every word Tom Rinaldo Dec 2023 #39

Thank you kindly. I did forget to add, on the subject of plantations, that we had them in Hawaii Hekate Dec 2023 #46

I went to school in Pennsylvania at the same time whathehell Dec 2023 #44

I remember this illustration in my elementary school textbook. yardwork Dec 2023 #22

I was taking Va. history around 1964 and also remember this. GoodRaisin Dec 2023 #43

And similarly, textbooks and other media touted very restricted roles for women nt spooky3 Dec 2023 #7

A Literature of the South graduate class I took... ananda Dec 2023 #9

I thought it was from Prager U exboyfil Dec 2023 #11

Must've been written by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #12

Don't forget Virginia was the home of "Massive Resistance" underpants Dec 2023 #31

So, you're saying lonely bird Dec 2023 #14

it certainly looks like it would be something florida dept of ed would approve, doesn't it? nt orleans Dec 2023 #26

why NJCher Dec 2023 #33

lol! nt orleans Dec 2023 #35

And yet, for all their happiness gratuitous Dec 2023 #15

Chris Rock: "Who wants to change places?" sop Dec 2023 #21

Well, 3 hots and a cot. Lunabell Dec 2023 #17

Just look how they arrived safely KS Toronado Dec 2023 #18

Accommodations not as depicted above. Marcuse Dec 2023 #19

That illustration looks like it came from a Tom Tomorrow cartoon strip, but without all the sarcastic venom. sop Dec 2023 #20

You see "venom" in Tom Tomorrow's work? John Shaft Dec 2023 #37

You think Tomorrow and other satirists wouldn't respond venomously to this attempt to whitewash slavery? sop Dec 2023 #38

I don't see "venom" in a good satirists work John Shaft Dec 2023 #40

You seem to believe Tom Tomorrow only relies on gentle bon mots when skewering his targets. sop Dec 2023 #41

Jesus Christ ismnotwasm Dec 2023 #24

Read the book "Twelve Years A Slave" by Solomon Northup Deuxcents Dec 2023 #27

Still at it: cbabe Dec 2023 #28

any person that thinks slaves are/were happy, is welcome to serve as my slave if they wish... Takket Dec 2023 #30

Are you a good cook? Elessar Zappa Dec 2023 #32

See? See? This is proof that the WOKE mob is trying to change history!!11!! progressoid Dec 2023 #34

Denial is not just a river in Africa LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #42

Musical accompaniment central scrutinizer Dec 2023 #45

I grew up (mostly) in Virginia Saoirse9 Dec 2023 #47