Comment on The only woman on the Declaration of Independence

• Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  But she freed her… once she could no longer use her.

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  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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

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    • Azhad@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      An attempt to buy a spot in heaven.

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    • Rothe@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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