Assertion: slave | /r/HasProperty | happy
Facets:
value: frequently
type: DEGREE
value: with their lives
type: OTHER
value: with docile
type: OTHER
value: according to george fitzhugh
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The slave, according to George Fitzhugh, one of the most vigorous of the proslavery propagandists, "was happy as a human can be."3
text: It seemed to southern whites that slaves sang all the time, and apologists for slavery argued that this showed slaves were happy and content with their lot.
text: It was a common belief that slaves sang because they were happy, but they were actually unhappy.
text: Nat Turner destroyed the white Southern myth that slaves were actually happy with their lives or too docile to undertake a violent rebellion.
text: Slaves, of course, were frequently not happy being slaves.