LOL. That reminds me of the Amish and Mennonites in Pennsylvania, who did 
all of their own farming. They did not even bring in migrant workers, 
prefering to till their own land. During the summer we would see young men 
and women tilling the fields, with antiquated equipment.

Anita


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>Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history         
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>Subject: Re: Madison's slaves (and black descendants?)
>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:46:58 EDT
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>Slavery was obviously a bad idea brought to America from Europe.  It  was a
>"lose-lose" situation for all involved.  As the bumper sticker reads,  "If 
>I
>knew this would happen, I would have picked my own cotton."
>
>J South
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