tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post929919884964170464..comments2024-03-28T12:59:00.516-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: The Slaves of Middleton PlaceDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-8201608908989434742021-09-06T21:33:41.611-04:002021-09-06T21:33:41.611-04:00I can not understand how any of these slave holdin...I can not understand how any of these slave holding families could be seen as contributing anything positive at all. The vast wealth amassed by these people along with the agricultural products produced by slave labor was made possible by only one group of people, the black slaves themselves. It doesn’t take any great stretch of the imagination to understand that basically any person could amass wealth & power if they had hundreds of slaves doing all of the work for their entire lives! Slapysicklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037270637658666795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-77735816431163341812021-06-23T01:49:42.520-04:002021-06-23T01:49:42.520-04:00Hi Molly- this is the second time I've run acr...Hi Molly- this is the second time I've run across your blog. It is interesting to read. My 4th great granddad, his wife and 10 children were enslaved by the Middletons. Many of their names are listed in "Beyond the Fields." I visited that plantation and it is spectacular to see. FYI: the word "superannuat'd" is not a name. Rather it is a statement for the condition of a disabled slave who was nearly worked to death. Lest we forget.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295333691171392016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-73544271446756939482019-10-31T21:43:53.312-04:002019-10-31T21:43:53.312-04:00Thank you for stopping by HHH. Nancy Moser is no l...Thank you for stopping by HHH. Nancy Moser is no longer a contributor on this blog. Thank you for your response. Debbie Lynne Costellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-25642836662977733862019-10-31T20:09:59.063-04:002019-10-31T20:09:59.063-04:00I too have mixed feelings about this post. I am ce...I too have mixed feelings about this post. I am certain that if this tale were told from the perspective of a person of African descent, there would not be anything majestic about Middleton Plantation. If the Middleton family were so gracious why not pay their workers or allow them the freedom to go and come as they pleased. I refuse to think of the original plantations owners as gracious or more kind. I choose to think of them as a little less brutal. Families were ripped apart, women raped physically and emotionally; what could possible be so nice about life under these conditions. Señora Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149210796989551426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-45395329345337097002019-05-01T12:12:44.068-04:002019-05-01T12:12:44.068-04:00I'm doing my family tree and traced my paterna...I'm doing my family tree and traced my paternal grandmother's line to a couple Manuel and Polly Middleton from Georgia born in 1815 and 1827 who I'm sure were enslaved by the Middleton family. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371269121262467638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-90255027738706499132015-11-07T14:01:11.667-05:002015-11-07T14:01:11.667-05:00yeah... doesn't she make it sound lovely. they...yeah... doesn't she make it sound lovely. they worked in extreme heat with no protection from the elements. they were barbarians and plunderers, only concerned with profit. these are the most disgusting acts of human history. do we speak of hitler so lightly? what was his home like, did he treat any jews kindly? patheticAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-21895596592138103002015-07-05T00:10:46.572-04:002015-07-05T00:10:46.572-04:00Thank you so much for sharing this interesting and...Thank you so much for sharing this interesting and informative post, Nancy!<br /><br />texaggs2000 at gmail dot com Britney Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02972950656114757798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-53288204867199752642015-07-04T17:43:40.277-04:002015-07-04T17:43:40.277-04:00Your opening photograph of the terraces leading do...Your opening photograph of the terraces leading down to the water is spectacular, but I ache thinking of how it was originally created. This is one of those posts that stir my heart. Anita Mae Draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618699900826731377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-10060745657988987222015-07-04T03:49:39.669-04:002015-07-04T03:49:39.669-04:00Sounds like Middleton Plantation was kinder to its...Sounds like Middleton Plantation was kinder to its slaves than some stories we've read and heard about. I would like to visit the slave cabin you show the picture of someday. sm wileygreen1(at)yahoo(dot)comsharon mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130208778591424260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-34800636888767195102015-07-03T14:00:39.038-04:002015-07-03T14:00:39.038-04:00A fascinating account of a painful past that we st...A fascinating account of a painful past that we still struggle with today. Stephanie Grace Whitsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442621477644235666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-15139048095107119372015-07-03T10:25:07.098-04:002015-07-03T10:25:07.098-04:00Thanks for a very interesting post, Nancy. When my...Thanks for a very interesting post, Nancy. When my husband and I were in the Charleston area while doing research for a series I was planning to write, we visited the Drayton Hall Plantation. The main house was so big and fancy, while the slave homes were just one or two room shacks where up to a dozen people would sleep. It's hard to understand the mentality of a slaveowner and how they could in good conscience treat other people as they did.Vickie McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698966142886006577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-40340683904081061582015-07-03T07:49:11.917-04:002015-07-03T07:49:11.917-04:00That was so interesting, Nancy. I especially enjoy...That was so interesting, Nancy. I especially enjoyed reading about the reunion. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16678651951356278532noreply@blogger.com