--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have not seen any mention of the North's concern > about the "White Slave". > Since slavery was defined as a racial thing, and > people born to slaves > inherited being a slave, the possiblity existed of a > slave being born that > was mostly white, but a slave since their mother was > a slave. It would only > take about four generations for a "white slave" to > emerge.
I don't think this was a very big deal. I've never heard of the book you referred to, nor the guy who wrote it, and the tenor of the website does not inspire confidence in me. The particular case of the slave who was 1/64th blck was quite famous. Salmon Chase (later Lincoln's Secretary of Treasury and appointee as Chief Justice) was sent to represent a group of Northern abolitionists to buy her freedom. I don't remember if he succeeded or not - I think that he did, but am not certain. But it was just one incident among many. The paradox that he sought to address isn't, to my mind, much of a paradox. Northern society was very racist. It was entirely possible to abhor slavery and _still_ be a racist. That was, I think, pretty much the default position in the North, actually. So it really isn't that surprising that after the war and abolition the North didn't make the efforts that it should have to promote equality. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
