tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post8151834779923712114..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Slave Childrenelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-78785624026615639262010-06-25T14:22:55.249-04:002010-06-25T14:22:55.249-04:00The idea that human beings are still being bought ...The idea that human beings are still being bought and sold in many parts of the world makes me ill.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-79615938228065042142010-06-25T13:23:08.775-04:002010-06-25T13:23:08.775-04:00Having grown up in the south I have always maintai...Having grown up in the south I have always maintained that it would have been better for the large land owners to hire poor local people rather than import slaves. In the long run it would have cost less, (in more ways than money). Buying and owning slaves was not a cheap proposition, besides being a barbaric practice. But there was money to be made in the slave trade, and that is the bottom line for many people no matter who suffers.Julygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113475639726723076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-49470908023712999752010-06-25T09:38:12.797-04:002010-06-25T09:38:12.797-04:00Hardly. I think that picture speaks louder than a ...Hardly. I think that picture speaks louder than a thousand words.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-35171414454682569402010-06-25T09:22:13.893-04:002010-06-25T09:22:13.893-04:00On the other hand let's not sugar coat slavery...On the other hand let's not sugar coat slavery.Dymphnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469622835449220113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-41652130582085044462010-06-24T09:18:57.950-04:002010-06-24T09:18:57.950-04:00That's a good point. I have some pictures of m...That's a good point. I have some pictures of my white grandfather picking cotton in the early 1020's in Alabama. They went barefoot all the time and lived exactly as you describe.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-80268323604206147212010-06-24T09:11:20.600-04:002010-06-24T09:11:20.600-04:00I grew up in the South, and even up to the mid 20t...I grew up in the South, and even up to the mid 20th Century the poor white children did not look any better than the black children in this photo. Children did not wear shoes except the rich, and possibly to church if one owned a pair. There was little to eat, no education and no electricity or running water in the rural areas, no matter what color one was.Julygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113475639726723076noreply@blogger.com