“…Some even developed ways to influence the practice of local law in their own favour. 41 Other examples of slave involvement in slave-owning society, essentially a 'fifthcolumn' strategy, has been caricatured as the Southern plantation 'Mammy' devoted to her master's household, a woman characterized by 'rectitude, meekness, loyalty, unselfishness, a profound and sincere faith, devotion to the point of sacrifice, and a Slavery and Abolition 167 love of the family and children.' 42 The ideal domestic slave was one who had prior experience of work within a slave-owning household and came with a recommendation from her former master.…”