Slavery & Liberty Reconciled?
Slaveholder Ideology in the Cotton Era
Slaveholders wanted slaves to be considered subhuman
Wanted the below image: where slave is nurse, not apart of a family and free

Slavery Reimagined

Declaration of independents might read "all men are equal" but this did not mean literally everyone was equal, still hierarchical relationships.
Master-slave relationship as:

• Familial
• Mutual affection
• Reciprocal
• Benign & Benevolent
• "Necessary evil(s)"

Slave Marriage

"Jumping Broomstick"

• Slaves came to understand slaveholder ideology enough, this was an area that they could press them and build slave families.