Comment on The only woman on the Declaration of Independence
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoowned a slave
american moment
Comment on The only woman on the Declaration of Independence
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoowned a slave
american moment
Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
But she freed her… once she could no longer use her.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah not so great, but better than having her younger brother inherit her, I guess. And she actually did a bit better than that (from Wikipedia):
She posthumously freed her slave, Belinda Starling, in her will, wherein she wrote that she, “give[s] and grant[s] to my female slave, Belinda Starling, aged about 26 years, her Freedom at my death; and I also give and bequeath unto said Belinda Starling all the property of which I may die possessed; all which I do to recompense the faithful performance of duties to me."
An attempt at reparation, I guess
Azhad@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
An attempt to buy a spot in heaven.
Rothe@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
More like an attempt at buying forgiveness. The fact that she waited to free her slave until she was dead pretty much cancels out any attempt at making this a benevolent action.