SLAVERY, PART 4:

Today's episode delves into the details of white women's involvement in the markets where enslaved humans were bought and sold, and how very, very much these women knew and participated in this commerce. We also get into the details you never learned about in the Dred Scott Supreme Court case. You might remember that this case determined the Constitution never meant for Black people to be citizens, regardless of their status as enslaved or free (in which case you remember more than Mandy), but you most likely didn't know there was a white woman behind the whole dirty deal: Irene Sanford Emerson Chaffee. Continued shout outs to historian Stephanie Jones-Rogers' wonderful book They Were Her Property. Buy it. Read it. Share it. It's so good.