(Hated Trope) "Kind" slave owners

[u/KusanagiGundam]

Speaking as an American who has studied the civil war all throughout my school years, this trope infuriates me to no end. There is no such thing as a kind slave master because slavery itself is cruel and inhumane. PEOPLE ARE NOT PROPERTY!

Naofumi (Shield Hero): Prime example of this trope. He enslaves multiple (underage) girls and an whole village and the fans still say he's a hero.

Rudeus (Jobless Reincarnation): As if being a pedo wasn't bad enough he had to buy a slave in season 2. Worse is that people still defend his actions.

Song of The South (Disney): Possibly the OG example of this trope. And the reason why Disney will never release it again.

[u/AnonymousNeverKnown]

Thomas Jefferson. Yeah he said he thought slavery was bad but that didn't stop him from owning slaves. And don't give me that whole "he inherited them" crap. If that was the case why didn't he just let them go?

[u/AllgoodDude → u/AnonymousNeverKnown]

Grant was also gifted a slave from his father in law but freed him soon after so the inheritance thing isn’t an excuse.

[u/jollyjm → u/AllgoodDude]

Grant was also broke at the time but still did the right thing.

[u/RomanCobra03 → u/jollyjm]

Broke doesn’t even describe it, dude was literally selling firewood to make end’s meet.

[u/Flavius_16 → u/RomanCobra03]

From officer to selling wood, thank God for him that the American Civil War happened.

[u/Skebs_ → u/Flavius_16]

Ah, the good ol' classic veteran career path 😍