tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4838815559638115791..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: STUDLEY ROYAL WATER GARDENS AND SOUTH SEA BUBBLES by Penny Dolan.Mary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-42084267575218359512021-10-29T13:58:36.043+01:002021-10-29T13:58:36.043+01:00Thanks, Sue Price. Studley Hall, the house that t...Thanks, Sue Price. Studley Hall, the house that the gardens were attached to, burnt down on 1946. I wondered if the fact that there is no house or contents makes it easier to ignore the toughet,less idyllic issues.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69759271865235399762021-10-29T09:18:15.415+01:002021-10-29T09:18:15.415+01:00Terrific post, Penny.
I'm at a loss to underst...Terrific post, Penny.<br />I'm at a loss to understand why so many people seem to think that it's 'not our history' to point out that the money for building these 'great' houses and gardens came from the exploitation of other human beings, from the vile trade in slaves to the near-as-dammit enslavement of the poor in mines and mills.<br /><br />I don't remember, either, being told that the South Sea company's trade was in slaves. I was taught that it was in such schemes as 'making timbers out of sawdust.' Which is supposed to prove what a silly lot investors were to fall for it. The ugly truth -- that they were realistically hoping to make a fortune from enslaving 5000 people a year into lives of utter misery casts them less as fools and more as nasty pieces of work. It's not only the poor who are always with us, is it?Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com