Trapper John wrote:How many films do you see where 'slaves' are prtrayed living a contented life? How many books have you read, written by contemporary, educated slaves reporting the contented life they had where they were slaves only in name, but were part of valued workforce and treated like mambers of the family?
None, because people rarely put into words how forunate they feel they are and if they do there is little chance they'll ever be published because then as now, it doesn't sell books. People with axes to grind sell books, doesn't mean to say their axes aren't valid, it just means people want their stories rather than someone who is just hunky dory with their life.
It always made me wonder why it was that after the south were defeated in the civil war which is simply described as a war against slavery, that the northern states of America weren't overrun with fleeing southern state slaves looking for a better life?
Most simply stayed where they were, why?
Is there anything that backs up your view that slaves lived happy little lives, feeling fortunate and lucky to be slaves?
Or are you just making it up as you go along?