re: #669 Iron Fist

When I was very young I had an Aunt (add three or four “greats” in there; I don’t recall how many any more) who was born during Reconstruction. Her father had been a Senator after the Civil War. She referred to me as “Master” and my sister as “Missy”, and called it the War of Northern Aggression.

I don’t remember much more about her. I think I was five when she died. She had seen a lot of history in her hundred years or so.

Wiki….

Master was retained as an address for boys or young men. By the late 19th century, etiquette dictated that men be addressed as Mister, boys under 13 years old be addressed as Master, and from 15 to the age of maturity males not be accorded courtesy titles.

This may have been the source of you Aunt’s use of that title. It is not always associated with slavery.