"Lord Osborne, we haven't explored the similarities between our worlds in depth, but...I'm from a point in time where chattel slavery has been outlawed in England for less than a hundred years. And I didn't explain that fact to River. I'm not as stunned as she is at the possibility of people owning people."
Is it evil? Sure. Horrible. Were her family involved in the slave trade before 1807? Did her family derive part of their wealth from such things? We don't fucking know because her canon is avoiding touching on such matters, and I don't blame them. But, like, it does need to be acknowledged in some way in this conversation.
"She said it was something she had to figure out. I pointed out to her that it's a matter others may also have opinions on, should it become public knowledge. She hadn't gotten that far yet."
CW: references to real world historical slavery.
Is it evil? Sure. Horrible. Were her family involved in the slave trade before 1807? Did her family derive part of their wealth from such things? We don't fucking know because her canon is avoiding touching on such matters, and I don't blame them. But, like, it does need to be acknowledged in some way in this conversation.
"She said it was something she had to figure out. I pointed out to her that it's a matter others may also have opinions on, should it become public knowledge. She hadn't gotten that far yet."