Quote Originally Posted by NickyTooch View Post
Up From Slavery was an interesting read. It gave you actual perspective from a former slave. Its didnt really surprise me that the masters and slaves needed eachother so much. They needed eachother to survive at the time. Abolition of slavery meant the end of any kind of 'security' a slave had. The masters housed and fed them and kept other whites away. It was similar to serfdom inthe Mid ages.
Yeah, they became family. A dysfunctional family but family nonetheless.