If she switched up and let both black and white babies suckle from the same breast, she could be whipped.
They believed milk from the native
slaves would provide natural immunity.
a It was mandated by the slave owner that only one breast could be used to feed the white child.
if she switched up and let both black and white babies suckle from the same breast, she could be whipped.
They believed milk from the native slaves would provide natural immunity.
It was mandated that only one
breast
could be used to feed the white child..if she switched up and let both
black and white babies suckle from the same breast, she could be whipped
because it was like them sharing the same water fountain.
She wasn't a paid wet nurse
who
chose this profession, she was an enslaved woman who had to feed all of
the white babies first and her child last. if her milk went dry, the
slave owner brought another woman, and the enslaved women's children went hungry.
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