Harriott, and Linda --

You exemplify the true breadth of Virginia's past, in all its  
complexity -- and the strength of its future.

Happy Fourth to all.

-- Jurretta


On Jul 3, 2007, at 2:54 PM, harriott lomax wrote:

> VERY WELL stated Linda. I am quite sure that many others on this list  
> will find their ancestry is as mixed as yours.
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> I am retired from Colonial Williamsburg. as an interpreter of African  
> American History I was often asked how did I feel telling the story of  
> how African-Virginians were treated, "Doesn't it make you angry...hate  
> white people...etc...?"  My response was "My African ancestors were  
> brought here to work uncompensated for my English ancestors who stole  
> the land from my American ancestors, how am I suppose to feel?"
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> From: Linda Threadgill <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history  
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> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [VA-HIST] This forum
> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:58:42 -0700
>> Hi,
>> I have been a member of this mailing list off and on since 1996.  
>> There was a time when many of us enjoyed the discussions about  
>> Virginia history, especially those of us not from VA, but whose  
>> family have roots in this state.
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>> Lately the forum seems to have become one used to argue and push  
>> certain people's agendas. There are still great people on this list  
>> who are not heard from. I think this is due to the nature of the most  
>> recent posts. I am getting very tired of the on going racist  
>> arguments. I have to say, some of our members are a very creative  
>> bunch. It seems that any topic can be turned into something that has  
>> to do with slavery or the War Between the States.
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>> I am going on vacation next week and will be unsubbing. I am  
>> seriously considering leaving this list permanently. I ask the list  
>> members to please consider those of us who enjoy reading the  
>> messages, but comment very little. All posts don't need or require a  
>> response. That is what your delete key is for. There have been many  
>> times over the last several weeks that I could have contributed to  
>> the discussion. I am a mixed race person. Yes, I have done DNA  
>> testing so I know this is a fact. I belong to one of America's First  
>> Families, the Charitys. My maiden name is Stith. I descended from the  
>> African American Stiths who were slaves, but had connections to the  
>> Jeffersons, Washingtons, Lees, Bollings, Randolphs, Masons, Goodwyns,  
>> etc as well as to the Hairstons. Thru my Charity and Jones families I  
>> have connections to former Gov. Wilder. One of my distant Charity  
>> cousins was Arthur Ashe's tennis coach when he was growing up in  
>> Richmond. I also have family ties to England and Scotland thru my  
>> maternal family line which is also out of VA and TN. My paternal  
>> lines are from Charles City, Surry, Sussex, Southampton and  
>> Greensville Counties. I am a very distant relative to Nat Turner and  
>> have cousins who have connections to the families that were killed by  
>> Nat Turner. My greatgreatgrandfather was Henry Grizzard who was from  
>> the Ambrose Grizard (Grisard) line of Southampton County and who were  
>> relatives to Judge Powell. And last but not least, my aunt was an  
>> English teacher at Maggie Walker High School. So you see you were  
>> talking about my families and I was not pleased. BUT, I also did not  
>> comment.
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>> I have communicated with Henry and Paul in the past and respect their  
>> work. Most of the others who commented, I have no issue with, but "J  
>> South" ................
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>> Linda Stith Threadgill whose family names also include Massenburg,  
>> Ruffin, Green, Adkins, Bradby, Miles, Ford, McKenzie, McCaleb,  
>> Thomas, Glenn, Liggins surnames to name only a few.
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