TIME MAGAZINE AND WHITE FEMALE PROTECTIONISM. TIME MAGAZINE has decided to FACT-CHECK TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE AND IN DOING SO, HAS SOMEHOW ABSOLVED THE VILLAINOUS WIFE OF PLANTATION OWNER EPPS, OF ALL OF HER CRIMES. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY HAVE TURNED HER INTO A HAPLESS VICTIM OF HER HUSBANDS NEED TO PROVE HIS LOVE... *************************** Mary Epps injures Patsey in a jealous rage...Ruling: Fiction, Northup does write in his autobiography about Epps’ affection for Patsey (Lupita Nyong’o) — and the jealousy aroused in Epp’s wife. However, he never writes anything about Mary (Sarah Paulson) becoming moved to violence or, as the movie shows, hurling a decanter at her face. Patsey did, however, suffer greatly from Epps’ alternative affection and rage, getting both raped and beaten, especially when Edwin was trying to prove to Mary his lack of affection for Patsy. Read more: entertainment.time/2013/10/18/the-true-story-of-12-years-a-slave/#ixzz2iZ3oHni9 ************************ According to the female writer at TIME Magazine. Mary Epps was NEVER MOVED TO VIOLENCE. The problem? THE TRUTH IS IN THE BOOK... and the comments section... Taken from the comments section/snippet from the book, here is the real account of Mary Epps and her relationship with the slave Patsey. Solomon Northrup CHAPTER XIV - Patseys Sorrows - During our absence, I learned from Aunt Phebe and Patsey, that the latter had been getting deeper into trouble. The poor girl was truly an object of pity. Old Hogjaw, the name by which Epps was called, when the slaves were by themselves had beaten her more severely and frequently than ever. As surely as he came from Holmesville, elated with liquor--and it was often in those days--he would whip her, merely to gratify the mistress; would punish her to an extent almost beyond endurance, for an offence of which he himself was the sole and irresistible cause. In his sober moments, he could not always be prevailed upon to indulge his wifes insatiable thirst for vengeance. To be rid of Patsey--to place her beyond sight or reach, by sale, or death, or in any manner, of late years, seemed to be the ruling thought and passion of my mistress [Mary Epps]. Patsey had been a favorite when a child, even in the great house. She had been petted and admired for her uncommon sprightliness and pleasant disposition. She had been fed many a time, so Uncle Abram said, even on biscuit and mil, when the madam, in her younger days, was wont to call her to the piazza, and fondle her as she would a playful kitten. But a sad change had come over the spirit of the woman. Now, only black and angry, fiends ministered in the temple of her heart, until she could look on Patsey but with concentrated venom. ...She [Mistress Epps] was kind to all of us but Patsey--frequently, in absence of her husband, sending out to us some little dainty from her own table ... He [Epps] was ready to gratify any whim--to grant any request she made, provided it did not cost too much. Patsey was equal to any two of his slaves in the cotton field. He could not replace her with the same money she would bring. The idea of disposing of her, therefore, could not be entertained. The mistress did not regard her at all in that light. The pride of the haughty woman was aroused; the blood of the fiery southern boiled at the sight of Patsey, and nothing less than trampling out the life of the helpless bondwoman would satisfy her., TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS FILM, IS ITS TRUTH... IT DOESNT PROTECT ANYONE FROM THEIR ROLE IN THE INSTITUTION OF AMERICAN SLAVERY. NO ONE IS PLACED ON A PEDESTAL OR PROTECTED FROM HAVING TO NOTE THEIR FOREFATHERS... AND MOTHERS, ROLES HISTORICALLY. IT JUST IS... WHAT IT WAS. INNOCENCE BE DAMNED.
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