Can this really be a true story? Some of my family says it is.?
May 26, 2010 Bird House Feeder
I discovered something about my great great great great aunt who was alive back in the 1870s and I can’t believe it is true! My brother has gotten into genealogy and discovered that she was a slave during this time. Now first of all, there is no African American in my blood, and second of all, slavery was abolished in the 1860s. I am not naive, I know slavery exists today, but I haven’t gotten to the weird part yet…
…supposedly she was a sex slave to a saloon owner in an old western town, but she was not a whore. She was just HIS personal slave by night, but by DAY, he used her to attract customers to his saloon! This is the weird part.
He re-named his saloon, "The Bird in the Gilded Cage" Casino, and he actually kept her…no joke…in a giant round birdcage hanging over a bar…LITERALLY! My brother and cousin even took me to the old casino and showed me the birdcage. It was big enough to fit a person inside, but had all the features of a normal birdcage-a swing, a perch, even a wooden bird feeder mounted between the bars. The swing was even wide enough for my ancestor to sit on it.
Now of course, I know anything was possible back then but this is like something out of a movie. Supposedly, during the day, the saloon owner made her wear skimpy outfits and locked her in the birdcage to attract male customers to the saloon. At night, he let her sleep in bed with him, but she was in bondage. At any rate, I guess she literally LIVED in a birdcage for over seven years of her life before the saloon owner died and she was set free.
Could that really be real? I saw the cage, but I just can’t believe it.
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Comments (7)
Hummingbirds are fun, entertaining, full of energy and it’s easy to attract hummingbirds.
Wow, that’s an interesting story. Yes, I believe it could of happened. Back in that time period women were used in various ways to bring men into the bars, just not in that manner lol. What I suggest you do is contact the local historical society for your area and see if you can find some more information on your Aunt and then verify your story. You could also check local libraries and even do a search for her and the Casino on Goolge.
I told you before; she was probably just a whore and the saloon owner had an interesting gimmick.
Truth can be stranger than fiction. If it’s not, it does make for a great short story or even a novel.
well, since it was so long ago, there is no way you’ll ever really know. it is a great story to hand down thru the generations though!
Yeh.. Your Family Must Be Ancient If They All Know That ..
Bridcage?
Yehh Right.
yes it could back then theyll do anything to get money
A man with kink ahead of his time. I wonder if she sang from the cage?