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To: Rummyfan
Slavery was a dominant feature of the antebellum South, but it was also pervasive in the pre-Civil War North—the New England states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island all have a history of slavery. In the early colonial period, Europeans invaded these lands and enslaved the Native people who lived there.

meh, idiot.

She admits to growing up “feeling superior … because I was from New England and my part of the country didn’t have slaves.”

4 posted on 04/17/2024 5:52:28 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: BlackbirdSST

Boston’s Faneuil Hall was a thriving market where slaves were sold. They may not have owned too many slaves in Massachusetts but they were happy to sell a whole bunch.


8 posted on 04/17/2024 6:06:15 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: BlackbirdSST
She admits to growing up “feeling superior … because I was from New England and my part of the country didn’t have slaves.”

There’s no asshole like a Boston asshole.

31 posted on 04/17/2024 8:15:27 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. A)
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