I mentioned Uncle Tom's Cabin and not Northrup's slave narrative. Lets stick with the program.
Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
Yes, let's.
And here is the program. You wrote:
... Uncle Tom's Cabin was lionized as a sterling example of life in the South but we know that it was so much BS (see propaganda) which hyped things that were not true.
Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
Now, you said that Uncle Tim's Cabin was not true. Which it technically wasn't since it was a work of fiction. That fiction however, was based on real life occurrences.
Which brings us to "12 years A Slave". That one is an auto-biography that was deemed to be quite accurate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Northup
If anything, it appears to be worse than Uncle Tom's Cabin. So was UTC really phony propaganda?
Is it any wonder that if you beat an ox for 20 years that it finally gets tired and tried to leave? It was a surprise to the North. Hey! We're not done beating you yet. Get back in your place.
Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
I'm sorry, are you talking about slaves being beaten like an ox? Or the South? Because it's believable only if it is the slaves being beaten. Otherwise, it is a ridiculous comparison.
More and more, you are sounding like you are defending the Confederacy and its desire to maintain slavery. Maybe you should quit while you are only a little bit behind.