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Obama, the Akaka Bill, and the abolition of slavery in Hawaii
Hawai`i Free Press ^ | 1-22-09 | Andrew Walden

Posted on 01/22/2009 2:13:32 PM PST by AndrewWalden

In his memoir, "Livin' the Blues" (p320), Davis describes Booker T Washington touring Hawai`i plantations at the turn of the 20th century and concluding that the conditions were even worse than those in the South. A shipload of black laborers left after one year of labor in Hawai`i to return to the South. The politically correct "Ethnic Studies" version of history is based on the claim that "America was founded on slavery." But somehow the American abolition of indentured servitude in Hawai`i gets swept under the rug in OHA's rush for land and power.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: akaka; corruption; obama; slavery

1 posted on 01/22/2009 2:13:33 PM PST by AndrewWalden
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To: AndrewWalden

Race based government. Great idea.


2 posted on 01/22/2009 2:26:04 PM PST by youngidiot
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To: AndrewWalden

Obama Akaka, that has promise as another nickname for Zero.


3 posted on 01/22/2009 2:38:49 PM PST by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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