Slavery was bad enough, but to use God to justify these acts, Was just pure 
evil. This is what resonates in the minds of racist today, who consider 
themselves Christians. The truth is that the lines of Jesus Christ came out 
of Egypt an African country (even though today Egyptians have been 
classified as European). If the truth were really told, and preached from 
the Christian Pulpits, much of the arguements used to justify slavery, would 
lose steam.

This is supposed to be a country where people have freedom of speech, but 
that only goes so far. Some Americans want to celebrate a history that 
ignores slavery, or they want to define slavery, and what it was. The 
descendants of slaves are ignored, or accused of living in the past. So what 
is the celebration of Jamestown about? Is that living in the Past (hello)? 
It is the same with Native History, which is almost universally told through 
the European point of view.

Anita




>From: Debra Jackson/Harold Forsythe <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history         
>      <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Official Opposition Events
>Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:06:14 -0400
>
>To Kevin and All,
>
>    Interesting that this claim to virtue is precisely the Puritan 
>theological explanation for why they could hold slaves, though in small 
>numbers, and not bear any sin from doing so.  As I remember the theological 
>argument, slavery was only justified if the slaves are taken as prisoners 
>in a just war.  Those who bought those enslaved people from traders were 
>not responsible for discovering whether the war was just.  If it was not, 
>the sin fell on the slave traders.  Plymouth, Mass Bay, CT., and NH could 
>all then justly holding slaves.
>

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