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Re: Madison's slaves (and black descendants?)
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tammie mcgee <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:32:19 -0400
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BRAVO!

On 6/11/07, Douglas Deal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
> . So, using the
> past to arrive at judgments about ourselves is perfectly appropriate.
> But reversing the procedure--judging the past by the standards of the
> present--is not. It is rather like trying to speak to the past from the
> present: we won't be heard and nothing will change.
>

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