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George W. Bush’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Was A Slave Trader
Slate ^ | 20 June 2013 | Simon Akam

Posted on 06/20/2013 11:09:10 AM PDT by zeestephen

Thomas Walker, a direct ancestor of George W. and George H.W. Bush, was a notorious slave trader active in the late 18th century along the coast of West Africa.

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KEYWORDS: americanhistory; bushfamily; presidentbush; slavery
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Can someone help me out with some history?

As I recall, the actual import of slaves from Africa to the USA completely stopped around 1800.

As I recall, the total number of slaves brought to the USA from Africa was about 500,000.

As I recall, about 95% of African slaves were purchased in Latin America and the Caribbean.

1 posted on 06/20/2013 11:09:10 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

I bet this really hurts his chance at reelection. Wait, whut???


2 posted on 06/20/2013 11:10:54 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: zeestephen

Does this mean that obama’s great, great, great, great grandfather was NOT a slave trader? It seems to me that most slaves were sold by black africans to start with.


3 posted on 06/20/2013 11:11:07 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: zeestephen

Many of the slave traders out of west Africa were Muslims, and the slave boats that carried people from west Africa over the Atlantic stopped in the Caribbean. That many of the slaves came from the Caribbean is no surprise, but I can’t give you exact percentages.


4 posted on 06/20/2013 11:11:28 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: zeestephen

Bush’s fault. Everything is Bush’s fault.


6 posted on 06/20/2013 11:11:54 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: zeestephen

And Obama is CURRENTLY a muslim communist traitor .

But at least his great great grampa (whoever he was) didnt trade slaves...


7 posted on 06/20/2013 11:12:08 AM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: zeestephen

....and Obama’s great-great-great-great grandfather sold him slaves..................


8 posted on 06/20/2013 11:12:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: zeestephen

You truly don’t think they are going to let facts stop them from writing a story to disparage the Bush’s. This is only to go after Jeb and his potential run.


9 posted on 06/20/2013 11:12:45 AM PDT by theDentist (FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

Now about the Pretender in Chief and his ancestors’ role in the African Slave trade.................in the 19th and 20th century!


10 posted on 06/20/2013 11:12:48 AM PDT by cumbo78
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To: zeestephen

Somewhere in my lineage I am related to Abraham (of the Old Testament).

What does that say about me?


11 posted on 06/20/2013 11:13:00 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (If the government told us to expect rain, I'd schedule an outdoor wedding.)
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To: VanDeKoik

And guess what? I bet Obama’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather was one too.


12 posted on 06/20/2013 11:13:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: zeestephen

Heh.

*ALL* of 0bama’s paternal ancestors were slave traders.

The Mohammedan Africans established and ran the African slave trade, and, in fact, they are still running it today.

0bamao’s father was a Mohammedan Arab/African.


13 posted on 06/20/2013 11:14:16 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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Funny, you don't look Jewish.....
14 posted on 06/20/2013 11:15:14 AM PDT by clintonh8r ("Europe was created by history. America was created by a philosophy." Baroness Thatcher)
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To: zeestephen
If true. ...who'd he buy 'em from?

Not Whitey!

15 posted on 06/20/2013 11:15:22 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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But at least his great great grampa (whoever he was) didnt trade slaves...

Do not be so sure. If his father really was the Luo tribesman claimed, it is not unlikely that he would have. Don't the Luo speak the language developed by the Arab slave-traders, to communicate with their native allies in East Africa?

Check it out!

William Flax

16 posted on 06/20/2013 11:16:16 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: zeestephen
One does not need to go back so far to find slave traders in Obama's family tree or slave owners in the genealogy of many other Democrats.

Meanwhile, his grandfather's and father's ample involvement in founding and expanding the United Negro College Fund must count for nothing.

17 posted on 06/20/2013 11:17:10 AM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: zeestephen

OH geesh... here we go...


18 posted on 06/20/2013 11:17:48 AM PDT by nutmeg (Rest in Peace, FReeper Extraordinaire Doctor Raoul...)
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To: zeestephen

Slate fiddles while America burns.


19 posted on 06/20/2013 11:17:48 AM PDT by sappy (criminaldems)
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To: katana

“His” means GWB’s.


20 posted on 06/20/2013 11:17:53 AM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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