# How many of you have slave owners in your family history? **URL:** \ **Category:** Reasonably serious discussion\ **Created:** [15 July 2015 12:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594 "2015-07-15T12:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/furball/32/64_2.png) [@Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Furball)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 19:41 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/41 "2015-07-15T19:41:18Z")
I’m guessing you’re American. ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 19:41 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/42 "2015-07-15T19:41:39Z")
It’s ok, I’ve forgiven you now. ---
**Author:** ![Spudders](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/spudders/32/15_2.png) [@Spudders](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Spudders)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 19:42 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/43 "2015-07-15T19:42:07Z")
> Originally posted by @Intiniki > > > Originally posted by @Spudders > > > > Why is you uncle odd Intiniki? > > He just is. Good explanation, cheers 😝 ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 19:42 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/44 "2015-07-15T19:42:47Z")
I’m not allowed to watch ITV. Is it Jeremy Kyle? ---
**Author:** ![Halo-Stickman](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/halo-stickman/32/23_2.png) [@Halo-Stickman](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Halo-Stickman)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 19:48 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/45 "2015-07-15T19:48:20Z")
Mr Motivator would never have got anywhere without Bletch’s cast-off night-cap. [![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/0/4/04d687b57afd09e706c29aa456bd66d10ab310f5.jpeg)](http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCIr5nYTy3cYCFUPHFAodiOkL2Q&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalspy.co.uk%2Ftv%2Ffeature%2Fa599891%2Florraine-kelly-celebrates-30-years-of-breakfast-tv-12-classic-pictures.html&ei=LLemVYqzMcOOU4jTr8gN&bvm=bv.97653015,d.d24&psig=AFQjCNFTg5hUrNJBe0TEn11jHYpJo0W-yQ&ust=1437075605784281) ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 19:50 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/46 "2015-07-15T19:50:22Z")
Mr Motivator has my cast off pants on his head. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 19:59 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/47 "2015-07-15T19:59:04Z")
Not Germy (sic) Kyle, and not Mr Motivator. Mine is a serious news man (if that isn’t an oxymoron for ITV), with a dodgy taste in night garments. ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 20:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/48 "2015-07-15T20:02:46Z")
Is it Nicholas Witchell? ---
**Author:** ![Bearsy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/bearsy/32/6_2.png) [@Bearsy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Bearsy)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 20:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/49 "2015-07-15T20:02:57Z")
how much did it cost to buy a slave? I mean, in terms of modern money. Was it like buy a car, or buy a house? ---
**Author:** ![Halo-Stickman](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/halo-stickman/32/23_2.png) [@Halo-Stickman](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Halo-Stickman)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 20:09 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/50 "2015-07-15T20:09:48Z")
Alastair Stewart ticks a couple of boxes: ITV and born in Gosport; but if it’s him then you’re quite a bit older than I thought you were, Bletch. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 20:10 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/51 "2015-07-15T20:10:30Z")
> Originally posted by @Fatso > > Is it Nicholas Witchell? My Mum would never have given my pyjamas to a ginger (or a royal correspondent). ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 21:13 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/52 "2015-07-15T21:13:51Z")
Not big Al’. I didn’t know he was born in God’s Port (our haven). ---
**Author:** ![Lets-B-Drinking](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lets-b-drinking/32/1041_2.png) [@Lets-B-Drinking](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Lets-B-Drinking)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 21:14 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/53 "2015-07-15T21:14:34Z")
> Originally posted by @saintbletch > > Not Germy (sic) Kyle, and not Mr Motivator. > > Mine is a serious news man (if that isn’t an oxymoron for ITV), with a dodgy taste in night garments. > > Trevor McDonald? ---
**Author:** ![Intiniki](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/intiniki/32/9_2.png) [@Intiniki](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Intiniki)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 21:19 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/54 "2015-07-15T21:19:45Z")
> Originally posted by @Spudders > > > Originally posted by @Intiniki > > > > > Originally posted by @Spudders > > > > > > Why is you uncle odd Intiniki? > > > > He just is. > > Good explanation, cheers 😝 It runs in the family. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 21:58 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/55 "2015-07-15T21:58:51Z")
> Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking > > > Originally posted by @saintbletch > > > > Not Germy (sic) Kyle, and not Mr Motivator. > > > > Mine is a serious news man (if that isn’t an oxymoron for ITV), with a dodgy taste in night garments. > > > > Trevor McDonald? This has turned into a parlour game. Good guess Lesbian Avenue, but whilst Trev is a well-known Gosportonian, it’s not him, I don’t think this bloke was actually born in Gosport. It was just that his pyjama-purloining Grandma lived there. ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 22:20 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/56 "2015-07-15T22:20:42Z")
Chris Packham? ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2015 22:20 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/57 "2015-07-15T22:20:59Z")
Craig David? ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [16 July 2015 06:24 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/58 "2015-07-16T06:24:30Z")
> Originally posted by @Fatso > > Craig David? You can’t have two guesses fat stuff. But, no to both of them. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [16 July 2015 06:25 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/59 "2015-07-16T06:25:16Z")
> Originally posted by @Fatso > > Chris Packham? Does he? No. ---
**Author:** ![Redslo](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/redslo/32/45_2.png) [@Redslo](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Redslo)\ **Post date:** [16 July 2015 06:39 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594/60 "2015-07-16T06:39:27Z")
Somewhere in between the two but, depending on how you measure it, closer to the car. [http://www.measuringworth.com/slavery.php](http://www.measuringworth.com/slavery.php) [Previous page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594.md?page=2) [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-slave-owners-in-your-family-history/2594.md?page=4)