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Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:09:57 -0500
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A lot of people aren't aware of it, but Methodists were as opposed to
slavery as were the Quakers. By some accounts, during the slave
rebellion by Gabriel Prosser in the early 1800s, they were going to
spare "Methodists, Quakers and Frenchmen."

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Jan 15, 2007, at 7:22 PM, John Philip Adams wrote:

> This may explain why Methodist looked like a good alternative
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> John Philip Adams
> Texas 77520
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