To: NonValueAdded; BGHater; indcons; Chani; thefactor; blam; aculeus; ELS; Doctor Raoul; ...
Thanks for the ping, NVA and for the post, BGHater. I was completely unaware of Carter. Great story...as a side note, Washington was another Virginian and slave holder who was torn by slavery. Washington took small steps, but since he wanted a political future, knew if he renounced slavery in colonial Virginia, his ambitions would be for naught.
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11 posted on
09/05/2009 6:10:26 AM PDT by
Pharmboy
("When I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself..." Prof. G. Thorogood, Univ. of Delaware)
To: Pharmboy
It had to do with economics — the system of slavery got to where it went through a series of small steps that took a few generations. As Jefferson I think it was said, it was like holding a wolf by the ears.
14 posted on
09/05/2009 7:58:09 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: Pharmboy
16 posted on
09/05/2009 9:09:31 AM PDT by
aculeus
To: Pharmboy; wildbill
Thanks for the ping Pharmboy. What a great man!
And Wildbill, I was a history major as well - at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) - and never heard of him either.
25 posted on
09/06/2009 12:53:11 AM PDT by
sneakers
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