To: Windflier
Negro comes from the Latin word for black IIrC. Years ago in Latin class we were taught the N word meant impure black and was used by the field slaves against the house slaves who were often off-springs of the “master”.
94 posted on
07/24/2012 6:19:41 AM PDT by
hoosiermama
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To: hoosiermama
Years ago in Latin class we were taught the N word meant impure black and was used by the field slaves against the house slaves who were often off-springs of the master. Some people concoct the strangest theories. I don't think there's an ounce of truth in that. There was probably less animosity between house slaves and field slaves than you might think. They were blood relatives in many cases. At the end of the day, none of them were free.
113 posted on
07/24/2012 9:03:23 AM PDT by
Windflier
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