Concerning a Full Understanding of the Southern Attitude Toward Slavery
Concerning a Full Understanding of the Southern Attitude Toward Slavery
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'I can- ' Memoir of S. S. Prentiss, Vol. I, pp. 107-10S.
1 J. F. H . Claiborne : Mississippi as a Provim e, Territory and State, p. 1 45 .
The Southern Attitude Toward Slavery 21 not punish people with whom I associate every day', Thomas Dabney said, and he expressed the sentiment of thousands of other slave-owners. It was true that discipline had some- times to be used, but not often ; in very many instances only once in a lifetime, and in many more, never. George Page, who in his youth, and i...n his middle age, was about his master's person and knew him well, said, 'Master is a heap more strict with his children than he is with his servants. He does not overlook things in his children like he does in his people'.
"Apart from the humane point of view, common-sense, joined with that great instructor, responsibility, taught slave- owners that very little can be effected by fear of punishment.
"Fear and punishment only tend to harden the rebellious heart. What then was to be done with a grown servant who was too lazy or too ill-tempered to do half work, with abundant and comfortable support insured whether the work was done or not?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
'I can- ' Memoir of S. S. Prentiss, Vol. I, pp. 107-10S.
1 J. F. H . Claiborne : Mississippi as a Provim e, Territory and State, p. 1 45 .
The Southern Attitude Toward Slavery 21 not punish people with whom I associate every day', Thomas Dabney said, and he expressed the sentiment of thousands of other slave-owners. It was true that discipline had some- times to be used, but not often ; in very many instances only once in a lifetime, and in many more, never. George Page, who in his youth, and i...n his middle age, was about his master's person and knew him well, said, 'Master is a heap more strict with his children than he is with his servants. He does not overlook things in his children like he does in his people'.
"Apart from the humane point of view, common-sense, joined with that great instructor, responsibility, taught slave- owners that very little can be effected by fear of punishment.
"Fear and punishment only tend to harden the rebellious heart. What then was to be done with a grown servant who was too lazy or too ill-tempered to do half work, with abundant and comfortable support insured whether the work was done or not?
What to read after Concerning a Full Understanding of the Southern Attitude Toward Slavery?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by John Douglass Van Horne to read onlineMoreLess
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