As an African-American female I was greatly annoyed by the use of the word
servant as opposed to slave in certain museum exhibits.  A servant is a PERSON
EMPLOYED for domestic work.  A SLAVE is a person held in servitude as
PROPERTY.  Property is something tangible or intangible to which its owner has
LEGAL title.

My ancestors were forced to work (blood, sweat and tears) for the PROFIT of
their owners in which they shared NONE.  Immigrants came to the United States
for a better chance at life.  They were not FORCED to come; they came
VOLUNTARILY.
I'm not dismissing that they did not experience hard times when they arrived,
but what I am trying to get across is that they were AT LEAST given the
opportunity to
reach for the "so called American dream."  My ancestors were NOT.

It does not take a lot of intelligence  to figure out that the fallout of
slavery is still being felt to this very day.  Remember WHITE ONLY water
fountains were still around in the 60's. CIVIL RIGHTS is an on going battle.
It is a direct result of blind denial on the parts of BOTH blacks and whites.

Face the facts, slavery happened. And until all of the facts of slavery are
realized and recognized this ugly monster will NOT go away and pretend that it
was never created and programmed to destroy.

If you are going to depict the "true" story of slavery in museums tell the
whole story and not what people (black and white) are comfortable with.
Slavery was a revolting and hideous (long) period in AMERICAN HISTORY.  Any
exhibit that attempts to tell the real story of slavery should be educational,
informative and factual. House slaves were not just making pancakes and
shining silver, many were being raped, beaten and treated worst than the
family pet.  Field slaves were not  just humming happy tunes in the cotton,
rice and tobacco fields, many were being separated from their families, being
forced to work from sunrise to sunset and simply trying to adjust to the
deplorable environments they were forced live under.

Lets start working on resolutions to this PROBLEM.  I don't mind getting my
hands dirty.  How many other people are willing to?