Respect for an Old Servant

In Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama there is a Greek Revival Plantation home of Phillip Henry Pitts. The giant home  completed in 1853 was dubbed "Pitt's Folly" for the foolishness that locals believed building such a large building was. Henry Pitts reportedly had 75 slaves and his 10 children another 68. You can read more about Phillip Henry Pitts and Pitt's Folly Here: Pitt's Folly Wiki

While researching different towns in Perry County via Newspapers.com, I came across this news article. I haven't done any research on it yet to see which particular Pitts family this person was associated with, but I wanted to direct the attention to an important detail in American History that we tend to forget. While slavery was a practice for large plantations for the entire country, we only ever really hear of the tragic and awful treatment of people. More and more I come across the humanity, the love, kindness and gentility of those who treated people with dignity.

Please don't assume that anyone who retained the moniker of "Slave Owner" was automatically inhuman tyrants. Some most definitely were. But such it is with all things - there are good and evil in every area of society. Read about the love of a family for a servant in this article published in "The Charlotte Observer" 19 Jun 1878.