COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT
'I wake up every
morning in a house that was built by slaves'
That's a re-tread. She's used the line before. And it's so
obviously insincere
This woman's whole life is middle class to upper middle
class.
She knows nothing of slavery, or even, for that matter, hard
physical work.
And, what is perhaps most pertinent, the statement is simply
not true. Most of the construction was by paid skilled workmen, stone masons,
carpenters, and plasterers.
Slaves who had those kinds of skills were not at all common,
and when they were "rented out" for a special job, they were
typically paid a wage the same as any other skilled person.
