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I wonder how easily and readily we would note the "slave blood" of people from other groups with enslaved ancestors on their family tree.
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When it comes down to it, I feel that it is wrong to judge someone by their ancestors, especially beyond a couple generations. Instead, family histories are just fantastic ways to show the American history. This is true whether it be from slave, to shopkeep, to lawyer and politician, or from plantation owner, to civil rights worker, to lawyer.
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He knew that there were Americans in the family, but he had no idea that they had been slave-owners. He was completely floored by the information.
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I just wanted to point out that she had four children total, and consider what that might tell us about her relationship to the family that owned her. Personally I think her kids were fathered by one of the Shields men, since all of them were biracial and she spends time after gaining her freedom working on a plot of land adjacent to one of the Shield son's farms.
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also, from a historians point of view, if, in fact, her children were fathered by one of the shields men she would likely (i say likely with reference to existing records/stats) not have been allowed to give them their fathers (and owners) names. of course i could be wrong, im just commenting with reference to what i have studied of slave/master relations etc
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I stand corrected that all four children were listed as mulattoes. But I'm confused by your last point -- her last name was Shields and the children have the Shields last name as well. They share her last name and (in the case of her first three children) perhaps that of their father as well. Of course we can't know for certain, since the details are so murky, but the rest of the story suggests to me that one of the Shields men fathered most of her kids.
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i dont know where this vitriol is coming from, but im not sure this is the place for it to be spewed.
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On a sidenote: I can name very few websites where I can actually go to the comments section and not be enraged by what I read. Especially when the topic is race or even if the website just puts up the photo of a black person. I don't know if people are trying to be intentionally provocative and troll or if the anonymity of the internet allows them to express their true feelings that they otherwise would not have the guts to say in public. I hope it's the former because if not we're doomed.
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