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Anisha Andrews replied to John Lee's discussion 'Draft posting of episodes from the Plantation Letters'

Here is my draft, might I add "rough" draft ;) When we learn about slavery and the slaves’ masters we often get a picture of an evil cold hearted man, who would whip and torment slaves, while they worked in weather conditions that made it imposs...

November 9

Anisha Andrews replied to John Lee's discussion 'Mentions of slavery in plantation letters'

My interpretation of the slave letters.... When we learn about slavery and slave master’s we often get a picture of an evil cold hearted slave master, who will whip and torment slaves into working in horrible conditions. From these we can create...

November 1

Anisha Andrews replied to John Lee's discussion 'Mentions of slavery in plantation letters'

From: Paul Cameron To: Duncan Cameron Sept 5, 1844 Page 1: In our family of blacks, though we have several sick, the cases have been slight, a dose or two of [Calomel] and ipecac and soon placing them on their feet again Page 3: have made a contr...

October 19

Anisha Andrews is now a member of Plantation Letters

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October 18

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Weather and Slavery

When we learn about slavery and slave master’s we often get a picture of an evil cold hearted slave master, who will whip and torment slaves into working in horrible conditions. From these we can create a different interpretation. Through these letters we can use weather as an indicator for the treatment of slaves, as well as the success of the plantation owner’s crops. This is not to downplay the immoral act of slavery or to say that slave masters did not treat their slaves badly. Rather, the t… Continue

Posted on November 2, 2009 at 5:52pm —