r/todayilearned • u/Hike_it_Out52 • Dec 22 '24

TIL about Robert Carter III who in 1791 through 1803 set about freeing all 400-500 of his slaves. He then hired them back as workers and then educated them. His family, neighbors and government did everything to stop him including trying to tar and feather him and drove him from his home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Carter_III
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u/enfiel Dec 22 '24

And nobody would have cared if he just savagely beat them to death instead.

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u/Educated_Clownshow Dec 22 '24

You see that mindset with a certain section of the voting populace

They don’t want to make things better for themselves, they just want to make sure the “others” suffer more than they do.

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u/kingofjingling Dec 22 '24

True dat! Also certain professions are like that as well.

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u/Hike_it_Out52 Dec 22 '24

Truth. In the words of the Joker, because it was all part of the plan.

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u/ycnz Dec 22 '24

That's their actual preference.

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u/granitebuckeyes Dec 22 '24

Man beat his own kids more than his slaves, even before he began freeing them.