Comments on: The History Behind a Slave’s Bill of Sale

By: automobile bill

automobile bill — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:31:26 +0000

It is an amazing piece, but not many people going to show their interest in it as it is a part of history.

By: Janet Ndhlovu

Janet Ndhlovu — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:12:40 +0000

I have always been interested in history. This is sad but it is also part of our American History. I am an African American and I am so looking forward to the completion of the museum. One of my favorite writers E. G. White says it perfectly “We have nothing to fear for the future except as we forget how God has led us in the past”

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:45:03 +0000

I would like for the image to be enlarged so that it can be read.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:23:32 +0000

In fact, it has been said that after the emancipation proclamation was signed and the slaves were freed, many were placed in state mental instatutions because they had been abused to the point of extreme disfunction and mental illness and not able to function in this new society.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:17:03 +0000

I am african American and have seen a few bills of sale like this one. I think that it is great that things of this nature, about American slavery, are being shared. There are so many people who have no idea as to what these people went through, especially if you are not African American. When I was a child, I would sit around the elders in the family and listen to stories that had been passed down from generation to generation and it is amazing that our ancestors survived to bring us here to this present time with their sanity in tact.

By: Lisa Shaffmaster

Lisa Shaffmaster — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:56:00 +0000

I think it’s very hard for most Americans to get their minds around the reality of slaves as individuals and slavery in general. For most, they don’t want to think about it and/or don’t know what to think.
Only when we as a diverse people honestly explore the experiences of ALL of our ancestors, will we even have a hope of finally being free of the more toxic aspects of our shared American heritage.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:03:11 +0000

I predict very few comments for this item.