Larkin Cardin m, Elizabeth Sentell-the Man-Part 7
It is a fact that Larkin owned slaves. As many as 40 at a time. I wish this had not been so, but it was. The only thing worse than a slaveowner is a slavetrader. My Cardin's would lower their voices into a whisper while putting a hand to the side of their mouth to whisper that Larkin had been both. Some Cardin's never touched the subject. I would like to get this out in the open and find out more about this. I am so sorry that any ancestor of mine would do such a thing. In Monroe Co.,TN. Larkins house was known as the "big house". The Cardin's had a yearly reunion there. I was told that we have black Cardin relatives from Larkin and his son Jordan. I consider them relatives and would like to find them. Once a year my grandmother made cemetery rounds to decorate graves. Several times I went with her. There was a small Cardin cemetery. Next.