Posted on 06/12/2020 12:17:06 PM PDT by Uncle Sham
Since anything having to do with "slavery" is taboo it appears that we must rename all of the original thirteen colonies as well as any other state that once had slavery within it's borders. Just changing the names of a few military bases isn't going to cut the mustard. So far, the name changers and statue destroyers have picked on easy fruit, monuments to dead white folks. What are they waiting for? Let's get right to the main event and start demanding that the States themselves change their names.
Governor Northam, it's your turn to be a hero and have the Virginia state legislature lead the way. Netflix and Youtube can help by deleting any episodes of the television series "the Virginian" as a nice kick starter. The word "South" must be forbidden to be spoken by law. That place was full of slavery and any mention of the word itself probably causes considerable harm to the ancestors of those slaves. "Yankee" must also be stricken and that stadium must be renamed or torn down because "Yankees" won the Civil War and that is another painful reminder about slavery. In fact, blue and grey need to be stricken from the crayola box because everyone associates those colors with that war. One day, once everything has been removed or renamed, the word "slave" can be gotten rid of and there will be NOTHING upon which to look back at in history that could possibly trigger someone. It's time. Let's get started and get the ball rolling by calling your representatives at the local, state, and federal levels. We can do this and feel good about it now.
the very name, Africa, came from white Europeans (Romans I think, but same thing).
Virginia could be renamed for Openchancanough (brother of Powhatan), who attempted to massacre all the white colonists in Virginia.
Anyone who thinks this is stupid , ignorant and unAmerican and should go live where stupids reside.
For the Romans Africa meant the area around Carthage. The Greeks and Romans tended to call the continent “Libya.” Apparently the origin of the name Africa is uncertain.
“It’s because they were traitors to the United States.”
It would be OK if they were traitors to their state?
In fact, anyone who ever owned a slave should have their family surname disallowed for eternity. /s
Renaming all the states that once had legal chattel slavery within their borders would leave only a couple of states in the Northwest and maybe the upper New England states. New York had slaves up pretty close to the War Between the States. They were most or all household slaves but they were of African heritage just like the plantation slaves in the South. All states with more than a few Moslem inhabitants also have slaves though not legally, especially among the more affluent of those born outside of the USA.
There was a time when the two sides came together to bury the hatchet for good, but the blue and grey fight goes on in this very day. SMH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWPVvO-Rv_4
Did William Penn own slaves?
yes, he freed them on his death.
There are not enough Americans being born to push back against this.
“State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” They’ve been fighting forevah to make RI drop Providence Plantations from the state’s name.
“Two slave states fought for the Union - and the Emancipation Proclamation didn’t free their slaves.”
Actually four slave states fought for the Union; Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. All were exempt from the provisions of the Emancipation proclamation. Might also consider West Virginia, it was admitted to the Union and slavery was still legal there.
Florida will be renamed “Wookeepoochie Springs”.
Georgia will be “Okeefenokeeville”.
. . . would be pretty much all of them. A lot of those, having eliminated slavery within their borders in th past, took up arm against many of those hadn’t done so.
” Carry me back to old Floydginia”
Sic Sempeahr Tyron
There must be an Obamastan.
Name them after some African country?
Any slavery within it’s borders? Doesn’t that apply to the entire earth? Natives held captive slaves no?
You’re just upset because the Yankees have won so many World Series.
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