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14. Suggested reading:

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Sun Mar 12, 2023, 09:36 PM

Mar 2023

Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839, by Fanny Kemble. Kemble was a British actress who came to the states and married a wealthy Georgia plantation owner who lived in Philadelphia, not near his plantations (Pierce Mease Butler). After several requests of her husband, he took her to the plantations on St. Simon's Island and Butler Island, on coastal Georgia. This is her journal of a few months -- she was horrified.

Google and read Wikipedia about:
-- Fanny Kemble
-- Pierce Butler (1744 - 1822)
-- Pierce Mease Butler (died 1867)
-- The Great Slave Auction

Also read the book The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History, Anne C. Bailey.

When all that is done, read The 1619 Project. It's long but is arranged to be very readable.

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To understand the depth of slavery's depravity, it is necessary to learn about its roots. [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2023 OP

Putting it on the list. Thank you. Just finished re-reading Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #1

Great escape story! Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #2

Thank you, Peggy wendyb-NC Mar 2023 #3

The history of slavery in the US is really quite disgusting GeoWilliam750 Mar 2023 #4

So long as that 30% are volunteering to be slaves. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #11

Please share where you found 30% of Americans want to own another human being. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2023 #12

Possibly overstating GeoWilliam750 Mar 2023 #17

I think it was supposed to be sarcastic vanamonde Mar 2023 #18

For many married "Christain"women it is a reality. efhmc Mar 2023 #19

Thanks, Peggy. I plan to read it. But we'll need to restore the 'Underground Railroad' ... 70sEraVet Mar 2023 #5

Absolutely! Thank you. Are you surviving all the weather? 7wo7rees Mar 2023 #6

I'm reading this now. It is hard to fathom how much courage, intelligent japple Mar 2023 #7

I might just have to get that book...... groundloop Mar 2023 #8

For even a better and time relevant understanding. Tarzanrock Mar 2023 #9

When I finally got around to reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin" PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #15

I've been recommending "They Were Her Property" to everybody I know. Extremely illuminating WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2023 #10

When you said the roots of slavery, I was expecting something a bit more... ancient. WarGamer Mar 2023 #13

Suggested reading: AverageOldGuy Mar 2023 #14

I had not heard of that book before. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #16

Just tagged it at the online public library. Thanks! live love laugh Mar 2023 #20

Thank you very much. I just ordered it. judesedit Mar 2023 #21