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George W. Bush’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Was A Slave Trader
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| 20 June 2013
| Simon Akam
Posted on 06/20/2013 11:09:10 AM PDT by zeestephen
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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.
To: zeestephen
I bet this really hurts his chance at reelection. Wait, whut???
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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?)
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.
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:11:07 AM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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.
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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.
To: zeestephen
And Obama is CURRENTLY a muslim communist traitor .
But at least his great great grampa (whoever he was) didnt trade slaves...
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:12:08 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
To: zeestephen
....and Obama’s great-great-great-great grandfather sold him slaves..................
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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........)
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.
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:12:45 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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!
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:12:48 AM PDT
by
cumbo78
To: zeestephen
Somewhere in my lineage I am related to Abraham (of the Old Testament).
What does that say about me?
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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.)
To: VanDeKoik
And guess what? I bet Obama’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather was one too.
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:13:40 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
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.
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:14:16 AM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
To: Tenacious 1
Funny, you don't look Jewish.....
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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)
To: zeestephen
If true. ...who'd he buy 'em from?
Not Whitey!
To: Mr. K
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
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:16:16 AM PDT
by
Ohioan
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.
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:17:10 AM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: zeestephen
OH geesh... here we go...
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:17:48 AM PDT
by
nutmeg
(Rest in Peace, FReeper Extraordinaire Doctor Raoul...)
To: zeestephen
Slate fiddles while America burns.
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:17:48 AM PDT
by
sappy
(criminaldems)
To: katana
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posted on
06/20/2013 11:17:53 AM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
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