we were so bad at it that any slave that came here automatically became a free man court servant.
bad-taste jokes aside, Badin is a fascinating figure. even though we don’t really know what he thought of his role as servant to the royal family, we do know that they were very fond of him. they all were named his godparents at his baptism and he was entrusted with a lot of their secrets.












oh yeah absolutely, we did trade slaves even though it was illegal here. classic “playing both sides” stuff.