Existing comment:
"To Be Sold to the Highest Bidder..."
Like other Chesapeake plantation owners, the Taskers and Ogles and their relatives bought and sold slaves. John Ridout, husband of Mary Ogle Ridout, was a partner in the importation of slaves on the Lord Ligonier, the vessel which brought Kunte Kinte of "Roots" fame to American shores. Little evidence exists to speak about slave treatment here at Belair; perhaps the family correspondence of Daniel Dulany to Robert Carter regarding the disposition of Col. Tasker's slaves indicates some sensitivity to their condition. ... |