Obama isn't the only one whose ancestors owned slaves (DOESN'T EVERYONE???)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | March 4, 2007 | MARK BROWN Sun-Times Columnist

[AnAmericanMother]

The 1/8th rule vanished a while ago.

She's not white - nor is she black. She is a pleasant warm shade of peach, and very French.

[Right Wing Assault]

The 1/8th rule vanished a while ago.

Oh, I know the rule vanished, but not in some people's minds. The whole point is that almost all of us are a huge mix of 'races' from all over the place. If you look at the migration maps I posted above, you can clearly see this mixing.

[Smokin' Joe]

And here I thought they were just trying to 'out' slaveowner descendants to line 'em up to pay "reparations"...

[AnAmericanMother]

Wow! That's amazing . . . going to take a little while to figure out how to navigate the site.

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, actually, when you get down to 1/8, you can be whatever you want to be. And people always did.

Plenty of white folks have black ancestors that they didn't know about until they started doing some family research.

President Warren Harding was one example, and he was from Ohio! In his case, it was a political opponent that dug it up.

[VeniVidiVici]

I have some tax docs from VA that showed my ancestors owned a few slaves.

Guess I should go flog myself now.

[Right Wing Assault]

Yeah, I know how you feel. One of my ancestors, a guy named Cain, killed his brother a while back and I feel bad having a murderer in my background.

[VeniVidiVici]

LOL! Not bad!

[Kenton]

I found this interesting little tidbit online while researching my family:

1829

SIX CENTS REWARD

Ranaway from the subscriber, living in Youngsville, Warren County on Saturday the 18th of April, an indented apprentice, named Henry Kinnear, between 17 and 18 years of age-small for his age. The public are cautioned against harboring or trusting him. The above reward, but no charges, will be given for his apprehension and delivery to me in Youngsville.

ALEXANDER SIGGINS

May 7, 1829

I am descended from both the Siggins famliy and the Kinnear family. The young man who was the runaway servant later went on to marry into the Siggins family.

At one time, servitude was quite widespread. It was a common, accepted form of employment. Chattel slavery was but one form if it.

[Sherman Logan]

Its funny how we will never hear a single black say a word of appreciation for Union soldiers and their fight to the end.

Something similar can be said about the fact that men voted to give women the vote. Somehow we get no credit for that. If most men were really determined to oppress women, we'd be living in a North American Saudi Arabia.

[Chi-townChief]

bttt

[GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco]

hillbillies has been determined to be politically incorrect. In the future, please use the term Appalachian-Americans.

Thank you.

[devolve]

The Story of the Assorted Angry Alleged African Black, Honky White and Other Various Technicolor Ancestors and/or "Uncles" of Michelle Obama