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I am, perhaps, missing the parent's argument, but GP (to my previous comment) seems to cover this case. In that framing, either the wife or Mr. Giles Hicks was
by argiopetech 2y ago
I am, perhaps, missing the parent's argument, but GP (to my previous comment) seems to cover this case. In that framing, either the wife or Mr. Giles Hicks was well off and could murder a slave with financial and legal (given lax enforcement of slave codes, if even applicable) impunity, or it was a significant financial loss for her to have done so.
I don't think GP ever argued that murder of slaves didn't happen, just that its occurrence was likely rare due in part to the financial incentives involved.
- bazoom42 2y agoMaybe I should ask you for evidence then? I have provided a source, as requested, which shows first hand that horrible mistreatment was widespread. You counter seem to be…your own gut feeling? You may not know it, but you and GP are parroting a common slavery-apologist myth that slaves were treated well becuse they were expensive. This a blantantly contradicted by first hand accounts by former slaves and by mortality statistics.