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To: ml/nj
My guess is that a third of the world's population, given the opportunity, would trade their current existence for that of a slave at Monticello.

You do know what happened to the slaves at Monticello, right? Nine of them were freed--the Hemmings family mainly. The remaining 130 were auctioned off to the highest bidder on the Monticello lawn.

128 posted on 08/04/2010 3:08:53 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
You do know what happened to the slaves at Monticello, right?

Yes, I know. I have no reason though to believe that wherever they went, that they would be treated very differently than the way they were treated by Mr. Jefferson.

ML/NJ

160 posted on 08/05/2010 4:50:52 AM PDT by ml/nj
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