I ask about the happy slave myth because I was raised in New Jersey and i never heard of such a thing until I was an adult. I thought people were joking that in many schools in the south it was taught that many slaves were treated well and were glad to be slaves and that the slaveowners who were nice should be praised

I ask about the happy slave myth because I was raised in New Jersey and i never heard of such a thing until I was an adult.
I thought people were joking that in many schools in the south it was taught that many slaves were treated well and were glad to be slaves and that the slaveowners who were nice should be praised

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