Slaves were whipped, yes, but they were also fed and cared for, as you would feed and care for a horse or cow.

This has got to be meant as a rather tasteless joke- I hope. You cannot seriously be maintaining that treating human beings like livestock is a PLUS? Are they supposed to have been GRATEFUL?

This puts me in mind of a thread about a year ago marvelling that there were few if any Black Mudcatters and discussing possible causes. Ya think postings like the one above might have anything to do with it??

Best, Greg