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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americanhistory; bushfamily; presidentbush; slavery
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To: zeestephen

We still have slaves in the U.S. Only we call them welfare recipients. Oh, and they don’t work, they are just owned.


61 posted on 06/20/2013 11:49:38 AM PDT by ruesrose (The Anchor Holds)
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To: zeestephen

Obama’s GREAT GRANDFATHER was probably a Slave OWNER AND TRADER!!


62 posted on 06/20/2013 11:50:12 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Mr. K

Don’t be so sure that somewhere in Obama’s family tree there was not a slave trader.

But it doesn’t matter; he is a democrat.


63 posted on 06/20/2013 11:51:23 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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To: Hardraade

Never considered that, Hardraade. That’s actually a brilliant observation.


64 posted on 06/20/2013 11:51:35 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: zeestephen

LOL!!!


65 posted on 06/20/2013 11:51:36 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: zeestephen
George W. Bush’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Was A Slave Trader

And I'm supposed to care because. . .?

66 posted on 06/20/2013 11:52:35 AM PDT by MEGoody (You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: zeestephen
slave trader active in the late 18th century...

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.

Some basic help. The 18th century is from 1701 to 1800.

67 posted on 06/20/2013 11:52:53 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: zeestephen

My great-grandfather~ was Adam


68 posted on 06/20/2013 11:53:45 AM PDT by Cyman
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To: freeangel

as a boy, Obama had servants in Kenya. you think they weren’t slaves


69 posted on 06/20/2013 11:55:38 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: reg45
The Delanos, maternal ancestors of Franklin Roosevelt, made their fortune in part through the slave trade. Of the first seven Presidents, five (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson) were slaveholders. Ulysses Grant, the general that led to Union to victory, had owned slaves in antebellum Missouri. William Jefferson Clinton's middle name may either honor the third President or the first and only Confederate President. Jefferson was a common first and middle name in the postbellum South, as was Lee.
70 posted on 06/20/2013 11:56:59 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: zeestephen

oh please....Washington, Jefferson etal all had slaves. no need to import after a while....they bred them


71 posted on 06/20/2013 11:58:00 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: theDentist
This is only to go after Jeb and his potential run.

So it's not all bad...

72 posted on 06/20/2013 11:58:41 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: zeestephen

Don’t believe anything from Slate but GWH and GW Bush have done a fair amount of enslaving Freedom loving Americans....tools that they are!


73 posted on 06/20/2013 11:59:57 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: Mr. K

We are in deep, deep trouble with Obama...he has no respect for the Bill of Rights. He sees the Constitution as an obstacle to gotten around. He sees middle class white Americans who live in flyover country as the problem.

He will do terrible, terrible damage over the next three years...we must oppose him at every turn.

Start by contacting your member of Congress and ask them to vote no on immigration reform being shoved down our throats.


74 posted on 06/20/2013 12:00:04 PM PDT by kjo (+)
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To: zeestephen

So was 0bama’s great great great grandfather. Did Slate include that in the article?


75 posted on 06/20/2013 12:00:17 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: zeestephen

So what, Obama’s dad was a Communist and that nut didn’t fall far from the tree...


76 posted on 06/20/2013 12:02:49 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: zeestephen

And Obama’s Kenyan ancestors (Luo tribe) were slave traders.


77 posted on 06/20/2013 12:02:54 PM PDT by griswold3 (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes)
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To: zeestephen

Funny that they can still dig up stuff that a Bush ancestor was a slave trader several centuries ago but they still can’t find out anything on Obama.


78 posted on 06/20/2013 12:04:08 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Obama's Enemies List - Yes, you are a crook.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Right!!


79 posted on 06/20/2013 12:04:31 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Trailerpark Badass; treetopsandroofs
Yeah, Jeb is no where in my book either.

My observation being that they (the Press) will stoop to any level.

80 posted on 06/20/2013 12:05:53 PM PDT by theDentist (FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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