[leenie312]

I had 2 great great grandfathers fight during the Civil War. One was seriously wounded at the battle of Pleasant Hill, LA. Another gr gr uncle was killed at Gettysburg. Paying the ultimate price.

None of my relatives owned slaves....but one of my first relatives to come to these shores was an indentured servant...taken prisoner in Scotland and brought over here. There were many indentured servants brought to America, should their descendants sue for reparations from England and Scotland ? Or from our own government for allowing such practices to exist?

[dcwusmc]

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[Wonder Warthog]

"None of my relatives owned slaves....but one of my first relatives to come to these shores was an indentured servant...taken prisoner in Scotland and brought over here."

Part of the maternal line of the Southern branch of my folks originated in Georgia. If you remember your early American history, Georgia was originally "Australia" (i.e. a penal colony used by Great Britain to "off-load" their "undesirables").