The historian who delivered the news to Alex explained that he would have received preferential treatment, allowing him to prosper due to his light skin.
They still had to dress it up with this grossly misleading statement that implies her ancestor owned slaves because he was 'just white enough'.
Absolutely, you can find Black slaveowners in America who were super black. They succeeded in their plantation and slaving businesses on their own merits, not because anyone gave them preferential treatment.
Gonna add to my reply:
They still had to dress it up with this grossly misleading statement that implies her ancestor owned slaves because he was 'just white enough'.
It's utter fucking bollocks.
Absolutely, you can find Black slaveowners in America who were super black. They succeeded in their plantation and slaving businesses on their own merits, not because anyone gave them preferential treatment.
If they would crack open a book they would see that every race has been slaves and slave owners. Slavery is as old as prostitution
Sometimes it was the same thing.