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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Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoYeah 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
Rothe@piefed.social 20 hours ago
Azhad@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
An attempt to buy a spot in heaven.