Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: > just don't forget that the specific "telling" that set them off was the > one about owning human beings > > AND they may have seen the "telling" as inevitable, it had not happened > > i understand there are many subtleties involved, but there have long been > efforts to whitewash the event as having had nothing to do with owning > other human beings just as they did pigs and cows > > we just need to be careful about letting that attempt go unchallenged > > ric > Yeah, that too, and my (our?) great great grandfather who had a little scratch farm in Lenoir County, NC and enlisted early on, wounded twice and fought until he was captured right at the end? What about guys like him? What made them tick? The great pay, good food and working conditions? http://www.sonc.com/william_carter.htm You gotta wonder. > > > On Dec 12, 2012, at 6:18 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > It was and is about Washington telling the States what they have to do > > about anything. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA