Women slave owners, or another thing that never happened

Feminists often compare the servitude of women to that of black slaves in the United States, especially alluding to the U.S. South, where women supposedly must have sympathized with slaves, since both were in similar circumstances.

History, as it often does, disagrees with propaganda.

Women who owned slaves in Fannin County Texas, 1850: Catherine Bain, 3; Elizabeth Bell, 2; Sarah Bush, 1; Matilda Clark, 2; Mary Daugherty, 1; Mabel Gilbert, 9; Mary Lyday, 10; Rebecca McClure, 1; Jane McKee, 10; Mary Rowlett, 2; Louisa Sowell, 4; Nancy Story, 1; and Emily Williamson, 1.

http://www.txfannin.org/census.php?type=slaves&year=1850

1850 was an important year in Texas history, as the state had its first Federal census.

Proper count of slaves was important. Slaves were personal property and taxed accordingly.

Comparison is also made between American Indians and black slaves concerning treatment of both groups by white men. Those who make that comparison ignore or are ignorant of slave ownership by Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole and Muskogee-Creek, the historical Five Civilized Tribes. The five tribes signed treaties with the Confederate States of America in 1861, with both sides pledging cooperation in the war against the Federal Government.