Do you think you could have done it? (Not for the sensitive....Trust me!

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Originally posted by nikki1920
Interesting topic.

Hard to say b/c we have been exposed to things that our ancestors were never aware of. If those were my only options, then so be it.

Interesting.....

I agree also with Nikki1920. This is a hard question to answer and it really makes one think. But I see it like this. Our ancestors did not have the rights and priviledges that we have today. The majority of their mentalities were like the exact opposite of what ours are today. They were ignorant (for lack of a better word) to many things. So it's really hard to say. It's one thing to HEAR about something. It's totally different when you actually EXPERIENCE it.

Of course, I've always JOKINGLY said that I could not have been a slave. But, in all fairness and REALITY, I just don't know. So many things would have to be considered. Now I WILL say that I PROBABLY would have been one of the slaves who had the same deep passion and determination to be free as Koonta or Harriet Tubman. I think that I would have been subject to a LOT of backlashes or whoopings because I would have been a very DEFIANT slave. I also think that I probably would have been one of the few slaves who learned how to read. And I definitely would have been a great actress (meaning that I would have been great at making sure that the masters were not suspicious of anything that I was doing).

This was a great topic. It just makes me realize how truly BLESSED I am.