“every privilege in the world as a white male” – Except Silver is quite visibly disabled. Also, I think we often neglect the impact that classism had in the 18th century, when the aristocracy was still alive and well in the West. So no, Silver doesn’t have all of those privileges. That’s not to say that Silver ISN’T better off than a one of the Underhill’s slaves or one of Madi’s people; but I don’t think it’s fair to ignore these things, either.

It’s a point. Silver might not have everything or even close, but he did have a great many advantages that Madi or her father would not have had in so-called civilized society, making the war for freedom very much not his war in that if it died then and there, he could still move around in the world very much as he had up to that point, whereas for Madi and her people, if the war ended, it meant something quite different. I’m not going to keep squabbling over this, Anon. Quite simply, Silver made a decision that was not his to make by taking away a choice that was previously in play, and yes I do think it was a shitty thing to do and a form of crime against the entire Maroon people, not just Madi, because while the war might have had a price that was too high to pay, it was their decision whether or not to pay that price, not his.