It was also considered a mental illness for a black person to want to be free. The healthy position of a black person was being enslaved, and a black person att

It was also considered a mental illness for a black person to want to be free. The healthy position of a black person was being enslaved, and a black person attempting to become free was considered sick and needing psychiatric treatment! (Am agreeing point that, unfortunately, slave holding was considered morally good once upon a time… a biological fact, even!)