James Stout
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And King is like, yeah, you know, I have no problem with you making money on the side.
Right.
Why not?
Yeah.
And so these guys like both teach him how to, you know, train him up and help him like learn these different trades.
And he's able to make side money.
And so he takes the side money and he starts buying and selling goods with the money that he makes.
Right.
And basically turning his salary into even more money.
And he does well enough at this that in 1766, when he's about 21, he's able to buy his freedom.
And he does.
Robert King allows him to do this, which he didn't have to do.
So, again, he's he got into like the luckiest position.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like he's one of the most incredible people who ever lived.
Now, the whole time though is his life is going well, right?
He remains troubled with the inhuman institution of slavery that had robbed him of his childhood and his family.
He knows this is still going on.
He's still angry about it.