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Horribly compelling story. When Ulysses S Grants father-in-law died a few years before the civil war, he left them his slave. The Grants were dead broke, Ulyss
by valuearb 10y ago
Horribly compelling story.
When Ulysses S Grants father-in-law died a few years before the civil war, he left them his slave. The Grants were dead broke, Ulysses had failed at farming and the slave was worth a lot of money, they could have worked him or sold him to make the their life instantly better. Instead Ulysses took him to the courthouse and made him a free man.
How hard is it to have empathy for others?
- jackfoxy 10y agoI wish I could upvote this more than once.
- Mz 10y agoHow hard is it to have empathy for others? Harder for most people than you seem to think.
- randyrand 10y ago> How hard is it to have empathy for others? That really depends on the person. Some people don't have empathy. As a sufferer of DPDR, a lot of times I don't even feel I have emotion.
- emodendroket 10y agoI think that even people with extreme mental disorders can probably imagine that they themselves would not very much like to be slaves who are beaten and scolded on a whim.
- JCharante 10y agoand yet would continue to support an industry and enjoy the result of torture.
- goldenkey 10y agoAs if DPDR blocks empathy...True empathy is based on logic. Based on knowing ones' situation isn't a one-off.
- martey 10y agoWhile the historical record is clear that Grant freed a slave named William Jones in 1859, Grant's father-in-law, Frederick Dent, died in 1873 at the White House (Grant was president at the time). It is clear that Jones was previously owned by Dent, but when and how Grant acquired him from his father-in-law, as well as Grant's motivations for freeing him are not known. See http://www.snopes.com/confederate-history-slave-ownership/ http://www.snopes.com/confederate-history-slave-ownership/ or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297734845_Ulysses_S_Grant_Manumits_William_Jones_An_Example_of_America%27s_Entanglement_with_Slavery https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297734845_Ulysses_S... or almost any other reputable source.
- valuearb 10y agoInteresting correction, thanks. It appears that Jones worked on Dent's farm with Grant, so maybe he freed him when the farm failed?
- mazerackham 9y agojudging from history, pretty hard =[