[PeaRidge]

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[4CJ]

There was a New England version of the Ku Klux Klan as well, in the form of roving gangs that conducted "terroristic, armed raids on urban black communities and the institutions that served them" (p. 165). So it turns out the "Klan," like the Black Codes, was a New England invention.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya.

[steve50]

A yankee puritan bump

[HELLRAISER II]

He does have some good points, I mean someone from New York State acts completely different from someone from New York City. My best friends are from Ohio & Pennsylvania and I only refer to them as being a Yankee when i'm trying to irritate them. Although i'll admit that when I lived in Central Florida the DAMN YANKEES were there by the thousands and I couldn't wait for winter to be over so that they'd leave and go back North.

[Colt .45]

Actually if you look at what Yankee means, I think the Northerners would distance themselves from the term. The definition of the word Yankee is: A native or resident of New England, but the term derives itself from the days of when the Dutch were in charge of New York. The Dutch used the term "Jan Kase" to refer to the English settlers in the area. Jan translates as "John" slang for John Bull, and Kase (there is an umlaut over the A) meaning "cheese" head. So in short the true definition of the term means English Cheesehead! Perhaps the Dutch may've been on to something afterall!