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To: drewh

I looked up my tree, and I had slave holding ancestors, but also had people involved in helping with the underground railway, so I guess I balance out.


14 posted on 04/23/2015 2:28:59 PM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: BigEdLB

I’m in the clear. My ancestors were WAY too poor to have owned slaves.


16 posted on 04/23/2015 2:32:45 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BigEdLB
I looked up my tree, and I had slave holding ancestors, but also had people involved in helping with the underground railway, so I guess I balance out.

I don't have any direct ancestors who owned slaves, but a few distant uncles and cousins did. One branch of my tree is from the north, the other is from the south... I have union and confederate soldiers in my direct line. I suppose I balance, too.

Nothing to be ashamed of at all.

37 posted on 04/23/2015 2:47:38 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Win or Lose, Still a "12"!)
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