Hannah’s Reviews > They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South > Status Update

I found the legal and business side fascinating. I never knew slaves could sue their owners. It was interesting. I thought this book did a good job not sugar coating the brutality of slavery but also not sensationalizing it

Former slaves helping their former mistresses or the children when they were struggling is a testament to true humanity. The lives of slaves and masters were tied together

I didn’t know that Maryland still had slaves but sided with the union. They were paid for their slaves by the government

The business side of slavery was not something I ever knew about. It was a whole system and so intertwined with daily life