Couldn’t convince grandmother slavery was immoral
Denise Pierce,
Sterling, VA.
My grandmother who was born in NC in 1901 and lived to be 105 tried to instill in me a love for my land-owning ancestors who also owned slaves. At 99 she was still quoting from the KKK playbook that taught slaves were lucky to have been brought to America and were well taken care of by people like my ancestors. I rarely argued with her but had to challenge this line of thinking. Since she was a devout Christian I worried about whether those views would prevent her from going to heaven which I knew was not far off. Since her views never changed, I still worry.
