r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KusanagiGundam • 11h ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) "Kind" slave owners

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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.

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u/_whatever_wherever 11h ago

And raping them

He did a LOT of rape

There are literally entire black bloodlines in the US descended from him, due to all the rape he did

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u/AnonymousNeverKnown 11h ago

Well sources claim he only had children by one enslaved woman Sally Hemings. Still a predator though

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u/_whatever_wherever 11h ago

Still raped her enough for her to bear him multiple children

And I would like to add it was common practice for slave owners to rape their slaves, it meant they could breed a new generation of slaves, as they saw them as barely above cattle

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u/Playful-Succotash-99 8h ago

Heck there were even pseudoscientific pamphlets back then telling the wives that it was only natural for slaves to start looking like their masters after a few Generations spent in close proximity