Last night as I was putting Chase to bed, he asked me about slaves. He wanted to know what slaves were and how a person became a slave. So I started with Egyptian slaves and recounted any slave examples I could all the way up till slaves of the South. He asked if slaves were bad guys or good guys, the same about the slave’s owners, how much they got to eat and such. After emphasizing all the points I wanted to and trying to teach the ethical values I thought he was thinking about, I inquired why he wanted to know:
Me: “Did you talk about slaves today at school, or see some on a show?”
Chase: “No, it’s just I don’t eat much and I help out a lot”