• TerryMathews@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You’re sniping, but I think the parent poster was accurate in what they said. I don’t think it was an euphemism for slave. It was the 1800s. What would you do with a slave if you didn’t own property? If they’re not tilling and planting or harvesting, or keeping house, or cooking, what would they be doing? A horse would be far more effective at pulling a carriage, and keeping one as a sex slave - while it definitely happened - was strongly looked down upon by society at the time.

    If you kept a slave and had no good reason to own one aside from sex, you might well disappear in the night one night - not out of protection for the slave(s) but racial purity.

    • sadreality@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Most property owners ie had a plot of land could not afford a slave… they worked that land themselves and then forced their 6 kids do it for them.