Posted on 03/03/2004 2:52:01 PM PST by blam
There is a group of people that inhabit the out islands of S. Carolina called Gullahs (sp). I think they are black and possibly French extraction. They have a unique language.
BTW.. the native Outer Banks folks refer to the rest of us as 'off islanders'. They have a Elizabethan flavor to their speech, fun to hear.
It's amazing how close some of us still are generationally to The War.
I was pointing this out to my sons just yesterday. Hatreds and prejudices die hard. Knowing today's children aren't all that far removed from the Civil War, it makes it a little bit easier to understand why there is still mallingering bitterness on the part of both blacks and southerners. Both suffered injustices.
At the risk of being considered a nativist, and meaning no disrespect to those who have immigrated after having known true oppression, there tends to be a fundamental difference in outlook on such things as the ownership of fire arms, defense generally, self-reliance and the welfare state, on the part of those who are descended from the people who wrested this land from the Wilderness, fought for its Independence from Great Britian, fought in The War or our subsesquent wars and have led this Nation through most of its history. The hordes in the East and Left Coast cities who hate guns and want a welfare state government to take care of them are much more likely to be the children or grandchildren of relatively recent immigrants from countries that have never known liberty, than to be the greatgreatgreatgrandchildren of the officers and men of the Continental Line.
My father's famiy seems to disappear in the records prior to the late 1800's. It's terribly frustrating. Any tips on where I might look?
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” It’s amazing how close some of us still are generationally to The War.
I was pointing this out to my sons just yesterday. Hatreds and prejudices die hard. Knowing today’s children aren’t all that far removed from the Civil War, it makes it a little bit easier to understand why there is still mallingering bitterness on the part of both blacks and southerners. Both suffered injustices. “
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This has been an enjoyable thread. Sometimes I think those of us who’ve been in this country for many generations are related. My genealogy project turned into a book.
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