Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

Both Lydia and Candace are deeply proud of their hostess. Miss Josephine is beautiful and kind, and her salary is very generous.They all came to Robillard’s house to accompany Miss when they were 6 or 7 years old. It can be said that they grew up with Miss. She was a spoiled child before, and she was a wayward girl before she got married. After giving birth, she was a scared girl. Bad young mother, but seems to have grown up all of a sudden.

Mammy Hei is right, Miss became a mother, of course it is different from before.

Everything in Paris fascinated these two young black slave girls. They changed from black slaves to free people in Paris. Paris has become a special place in their hearts, a symbol of "freedom", although they don't understand it. , but in their hearts, Paris is a good place.

The "gradual redemption" of the Robillard family's "gradual redemption" to grant freedom to black slaves started slowly under Emile's "doesn't matter" and John's not strong opposition.

When Ellen O'Hara came to the ball, she also basically agreed to allow Lydia, Candice and other four relatives in Tara Manor to choose to redeem themselves and become free citizens.The 20 black slaves that Ellen brought from home were all indoor slaves, and now 15 years have passed, and the 20 black slaves have doubled to more than 40.

The indoor slaves never went to the fields, and they were much better fed and clothed than the slaves who did the hard work in the fields.Black slaves have no salary, but they are usually rewarded by their masters and wives. Several families pooled a small sum of money to let Lydia’s brother Denzel complete the redemption procedures. One day in early December, 12-year-old free black Dan Zell arrived in Savannah with road signs and papers proving his status as a freedman.

The siblings hadn't seen each other for many years, and when they met, they hugged and cried a lot.Denzel then went to see Miss Josephine.

"Miss, thank you for persuading Miss Ellen." Denzel is of mixed race, and his skin color can't be considered very dark. It is said that their mother is a third-generation mixed-race black slave whose skin color is almost white. In fact, judging from the skin color, it should be Called "white slave".It is not uncommon for a white master to give birth to a mixed-race illegitimate child with a black female slave. It can be said that it is very common. It is also not uncommon for a mixed-race illegitimate child to serve their white half-brother and sister.

Josephine looked at him, most of the half-breeds were beautiful, Denzel and Lydia were both beautiful, that's why Lydia was chosen to be her little slave girl.Denzel's face shape is different from the long face of most black square faces. His face has soft lines, a pair of bright dark brown eyes, and a head of thick black curly hair neatly combed on the top of his head. He is very particular about waxing.

"I should tell you that being a free citizen is not necessarily a good thing." She put down the book in her hand, "Sit down." She pointed to the single sofa in front of her.

Denzel said awkwardly: "Miss, I can't sit down."

"You are already a free citizen," Josephine looked at him amusedly, "you have to get used to being the same American citizen as everyone else."

Denzel pursed his thin lips nervously, which is also very similar to his unknown white slave mother, or like the unknown white master in his lineage - most black people have thick lips.

"I'm not used to it yet."

He carefully sat on the sofa, only sitting on half of it.

"A lot of people out there hunt runaway slaves for a living. If you don't go out with white people, they will take you away. Even if you have proof documents on you, they can ignore it. A beautiful and strong black slave like you can sell For $2000, those guys will do anything for money."

This is indeed a big problem. After thinking about it for a long time, he found that this problem cannot be solved by himself.

"I told both Lydia and Sheldon that they can choose to stay with me or go out to find a job, but if you go to someone who doesn't speak conscience, you may be treated as a slave again, as long as they don't admit Your papers are enough, who can you turn to when the time comes? If you are in Savannah, I can still save you, but if you follow them out of Georgia, there is nothing I can do. You can read, you read Just read this."

She took another document from the desk and handed it to him.

It is the infamous "Federal Supreme Court Judged Dred Scott's Liberal Status Case, March 1857, 3". Illinois was a slave state, so Scott was able to get his freedom. He lived there for 6 years as a freeman, married a wife and had children; in 1834, Scott returned to Missouri with his former master as a hired servant, Missouri The state was a slave state, and Scott was treated as a slave.Scott appealed to the Missouri Circuit Court in 4 seeking recognition of his free status, and won at first instance, but was dismissed by the Missouri Supreme Court the following year;

Scott appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court openly upheld the Missouri Supreme Court's judgment in 1857, deciding that Scott must return to slavery.

"...Dred Scott himself and his family were not freed by being brought into the district, even though his master brought them there with the intention of becoming permanent residents there.  …

...for Scott was a slave when he was brought to Illinois by his master, was a slave in Illinois, and was brought back to Missouri as a slave, and his status as a free or a slave is according to Missouri State law, not Illinois law. "

This case happened the year before last, and it was considered fresh and hot.Through newspapers and word of mouth among black slaves, it has already spread throughout Georgia.

This is the first time Denzel has seen the verdict.His level of education was that of reading newspapers and writing simple letters. He didn't know half of the words in the verdict, but he could still understand the meaning.He turned to the last page according to the young lady's instructions, and stuttered to read.

Denzel's heart was heavy.

"White people can do anything for their own benefit."

Denzel nodded blankly.

"Have you thought about what you want to do in the future?"

"not yet."

"What do you do at Tara?"

"Follow Mr. O'Hara out and take care of all his affairs."

A bit of a valet, but Gerald, the Irishman, was not a proper "lord."

"That is to say, you don't have the skills to earn a living outside."

He was a little anxious, "I know a lot of words, I can write letters, and I can do a little carpentry."

"Are you married?"

"over."

"What about the child?"

"There is a girl who is 4 years old and looks very cute. Miss, if you see my Mia, you will like her." Denzel smiled openly.

"Where's your wife?"

Denzel quickly restrained his smile, and his eyes moved from the lady's skirt to the patterned armrest of the sofa, and then to the wallpaper on the wall.His eyes became pained and hollow.

"Miss, my Liya is very poor. She died, she died when she gave birth to a child... There is also a child, a little girl, who died after she was born." He was very sad, but quickly restrained his sadness, and did not The owner loves to hear such depressing things.

There was a brief silence in the room.

"You can live at home first and ask Lydia to find you a room. I hope you can come and do things for me. If you do things for me, I will give you—70.00% of Sheldon's salary, because you don't have He knows a lot of words, and Sheldon will be my housekeeper in the future. Also, I will write to Tara and ask them to send your child over."

The black slaves of Pauline and Eulalie's family also gradually began to redeem themselves, starting with the indoor slaves.Pauline's family progressed a little faster. Her family had more than 30 house slaves, slightly less than Tara Manor.The three sisters took away 20 slaves from their homes when they got married, and the extra slaves were the natural growth of continuous births in the past few years.

Just like what John said, for a family like theirs, there are only things to buy, but nothing to sell, otherwise people will think that you are about to go bankrupt.Slaves will also suffer from old age, sickness and death, the probability is similar to that of white people, and a flu often kills people.Slaves can also be given away. If a guest takes a fancy to the black slave at home, the generous master may give that slave to you in order to show his master's demeanor.

Most of them are minors.

Kind-hearted masters rarely let slave families separate, but there must be slave owners who don’t care about the “human rights” of black slaves: You don’t even have personal freedom, and you are not even a “person”. What human rights are you talking about?

Josephine didn't have a particularly clear concept of slavery in Paris, but only after returning to the United States did she realize how amazing this system is!

White people can treat black people like animals just because of their skin color.All whites naturally have the right to catch and beat any black man who walks alone on the road. Blacks who walk alone on the road are automatically identified as "runaway slaves", and everyone has the right to catch runaway slaves.Some people say that in Europe, people took to the streets to protest for not branding a horse, but here, it is actually possible to brand a person without being considered cruel.

Black slaves are often inferior to animals. Slave owners are reluctant to whip horses, but they can whip black slaves half to death with the whip without hesitation.

In the eyes of Savannah's masters, wives, and young ladies, it is not a matter to hurt black slaves at will, and some cruel slave owners even make fun of it.

As for the random possession of female black slaves at home, it is commonplace. If a young female black slave suddenly disappears for a few months, it is often sent to a farm in the suburbs to give birth to a child. Black and white mulattos are a scandal, and anyone who is a little particular about it will have to cover it up.Of course, there are people who don't hide it, because they think that black slaves are "not human beings", and female black slaves are just tools to vent their desires. So what's wrong with using a tool?How can it be considered a "scandal"?

And those wives who have no financial ability and can only rely on their husbands can only swallow their breath and pretend that there is no such thing, because after all, black people are "not human".

The author has something to say:

* Chaos and violence are mostly due to economic capabilities, such as the "zero dollar purchase" in the United States this year. Blacks are not without high-income classes. High knowledge levels are directly proportional to high incomes. If a large group does not accept high-level Education and no fixed income, it is beneficial for them to take to the streets to have a "zero-dollar shopping" carnival. ".Race is not directly related to violent tendencies, but is directly related to the level of knowledge.

*It’s hard to write about “Gone with the Wind”. Margaret herself is a descendant of the old slave owners in the south, and she is more sympathetic to slavery, so this book is not “politically correct” now.What she described was the more humane and kind-hearted part of the slave owners, and she only talked about the "high-ranking members" of the slave class, such as the indoor slaves, but basically did not describe the situation of the black slaves in the field.

After the siege of Atlanta, all the slaves in Tara's field ran away, and no one came back later, but there were some house slaves who were loyal and refused to leave their masters.