Little Girl Lost 4: The Prince & His Bride by Keith Lee Johnson

Author:Keith Lee Johnson [Johnson, Keith Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Parenting & Relationships, Parenting, Emotions & Feelings, Morals & Responsibility
Amazon: B004U356ZM
Publisher: Dare to Imagine Publishing
Published: 2011-03-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

“Lauren Renee Bouvier.”

Beaumont Bouvier was a very meticulous man, believing wholeheartedly in ancient Greek philosophy, especially the works of Socrates, his student, Plato, his student, Aristotle, who taught Alexander the great. Aristotle’s ideas on virtue and the Greater Good, along with Greek Slavery shaped his thinking, which was how he justify his part in the practice of American Slavery. He believed that if the enlightened Greek society was in large part, a society the functioned mainly by the labor of slaves, there couldn’t be anything wrong or evil about it.

Being a student of history, politics, and philosophy, he treated his servants in the way the Greeks treated theirs, which was why he seldom used the whip as an instrument of discipline, preferring rather to sale the difficult slave to a master who had no compunction to. He believed in order, discipline, and fair play. As long as his slaves did their jobs, were obedient, and brought no shame on the Bouvier name, they were treated well. Some were even allowed to work in New Orleans on the weekends to earn money to buy their freedom.

On the way home he stopped by his attorney’s office to handle the formal legalities of purchasing chattel and other formalities concerning the execution of his will; all of which took about an hour and a half. Then he headed out to his sprawling sugarcane plantation—Bouvier Hill.

They entered the gates of Bouvier Hill and made their way up the long path to the white immaculate mansion called Bouvier Manor. The slaves referred to it as the big house. It resembled the residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which would begin construction a year from now under President Washington’s administration, October 1792, and concluded eight years later when John Adams and his wife Abigail moved in.

The Plantation grounds were spectacular and nearly perfect in appearance. In the midst of the trees were stables, slave quarters, and sugarcane as far as the eye could see. Between the stables and the slave quarters was the sugar-house. Smoke could be seen billowing from its chimneys. About thirty yards from the mansion were other buildings that made the property look like a small community.

In many ways it was. Bouvier Hill had over a hundred slaves; twenty five of them were skilled carpenters, spinner, shoemakers, coopers, blacksmiths, weavers, curriers, sawyers, knitters, stable-hands, and distillers. Additionally, the domestic servants included cooks, maids, launders, butlers, and personal attendants.

The driver stopped the carriage in front of the mansion. Then he jumped down and opened the door for Master Bouvier. Several slaves, all of the men, dressed in fine clothing waited at attention for him to disembark from the carriage. Bouvier stepped out first and then offered his hand to help Ibo out. When the slaves saw her, they all recoiled a little, looking at each other for answers that none of them had. Then they looked at Bouvier and waited for instructions on what they were to do.

“Aubrey,” Beaumont said to his butler.

“Yes, Monsieur Bouvier,” Aubrey began.

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