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Originally posted by Sebatianos@Jan 26 2006, 07:32 PM
If you bought a slave - that person (it had to black)
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actually that is a common misunderstanding
scottish slaves
the chieften had the rights to sell members of his clan, and many did , particurly in the isle of skye. whole clans were decemated so the laird could buy himself a nice house with curtains and a shrubbery with a nice white fence. it is why black gospel music follows the same chord progressions of gailic christian songs. just the gospel version is faster.
citation to prove point... (only saying that becuse its a copywrited site. however i belive it is legal to cite stuff, cant remeber the exact term just came across it in a sceintology court case)
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It was not until the English and French offered to help the South, that Abraham Lincoln, in order to keep them out of the war and especially in helping the south, declared it was a war against Slavery. It started out as "no such thing", and many men left and went home when they found that out. Calloused? Yes, but after all they had been lied to and they were now asked again to lay down their lives for the betterment of the Nation. This did not set well, as it brought back memories of how they were forced out of their own country, because they were Highlanders, and for some reason which no one could explain, they had become less valuable than sheep, and they resented it.
The Revolutionary War, and later the War of 1811, when once again England attacked, tested the mettle of this country and its people. There were many Scots here, and many had been sent as slaves.
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