Monday, June 21, 2021

Slave Stories History 'Forgot.' Black People Owned Slaves Too

 Via Marc

 Remember, it’s no longer about equality in our country, it’s now about equity. YOU need to pay for what other white, and black, people stopped doing over 155 years ago.

Justus Angel and Mistress L. Horry were wealthy landowners in South Carolina’s Colleton District in the 1830s, in what is now Charleston County. The couple owned 84 slaves each for a total of 168, at a time when most of their peers owned a handful. Their slaves worked their plantation and made them rich. Angel and Horry also traded slaves for profit, showing no regard for dissolving slave families. They were no kinder or crueler to their slaves than anyone else. They were considered “slave magnates” because of the number of slaves they owned. They were referred to as the “economic elite.” They were also black.

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2 comments:

  1. The first slave owner in the United States was Anthony Johnson. He was a black Angolan.

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    1. Yes and from NamSouth 2007:
      https://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=96&highlight=anthony

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