After slavery. He was given to his half sister when she got married and when his father died (after slavery) he was given some land and raised his family there and worked for her and her husband (although I’m pretty certain she knew they were siblings).
This is why Booker T Washington said that learning a skill would be the best thing for most recently freed slaves and then with each generation there would be more success. He also said I know we aren’t equal but we can be and it will take time and hard work. He also talked about race grifters in his day. Sucks that he is seen in a bad light by modern day black academics
After slavery. He was given to his half sister when she got married and when his father died (after slavery) he was given some land and raised his family there and worked for her and her husband (although I’m pretty certain she knew they were siblings).
Ah, that sort of makes sense.
Reminds me of the comment by Mary Chestnut talking about similarly messed up dynamics: "Ours is a terrible system."
This is why Booker T Washington said that learning a skill would be the best thing for most recently freed slaves and then with each generation there would be more success. He also said I know we aren’t equal but we can be and it will take time and hard work. He also talked about race grifters in his day. Sucks that he is seen in a bad light by modern day black academics