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  1. Understanding Slavery from Charles Ball By: Emily Curran

    Date(s): January 1, 1837 Location: Georgia, South Carolina, Washington D.C, Calvert County, MD, Philadelphia P.A Tag(s): Paternalism, Slavery, Separation 

    Charles Ball was born in Calvert County, Maryland and was a slave for the biggest part of his life. His narrative starts with telling the reader about his early childhood life and the hardships of staying a family. He stresses to the reader that though many claimed the evils of slavery were getting easier during the times when laws protecting slaves started to come about, but it was in fact the other...

  2. Reunited for $2,800

    Date(s): January 1, 1846 to May 1851 Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts Tag(s): Paternalism, Slavery 

    In 1846, Edmond Kelley was 29 years old, married to fellow slave, Paralee, and had four children.  When Edmond's owner, Nancy White, was forced to free a slave, she chose Edmond, who was also licensed to preach gospel.  After she procured the necessary paperwork, namely "a pass to go any and every where to preach", Edmond headed to the northern states where he could work, leaving his home and family...

  3. The Good Slave

    Date(s): October 28, 1846 Location: GREENE, Alabama Tag(s): Slavery, Antebellum America, Paternalism 

    Slavery is anathema, but it was not always so.  It was quite possible for well-meaning and rational people to practice and defend the “peculiar institution.”  Slaveholders sustained themselves with the firm conviction that they were doing right by the poor, benighted souls in their charge.  In this way, masters could claim they were compassionate angels of mercy--providing discipline, moral...