This is a sensational post! Another important lesson is that what someone who looks like us did in the past doesn’t make us good or bad. Don’t hide from facts just because you happen to be a descendant of a group who did something bad. Too many people think we should not teach slave owners did bad things because we are bashing white people today. That is simply absurd. That being said, you are also teaching a powerful lesson by getting your son to ask “but what lead to that?” Events don’t happen in a vacuum.