Mr. Forest, the end of slavery completely transformed the South, including
Virginia, for all its inhabitants, whether or not they had been either
slaves or slaveholders.  Its impact on day-to-day life was actually far
greater than that of the American Revolution, despite the importance of that
struggle.

Now we learn from Steve Corneliussen how important Fortress Monroe was in
Virginia's -- and the South's -- pivotal transformation from an economy
based on slavery to one based in other means of production.   Why do you
think that such a place would be "really only of interest to some small
segment of American  society"?    

-- Jurretta Heckscher



On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:44:51 EDT, Basil Forest <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I agree with that.  I am tired of public funds being spent on projects  that 
>are really only of interest to some small segment of American  society.  I 
>think we need another memorial to slavery like we need a  memorial to 
>prohibition...another bad American idea that we should forget.
> 
>Suggesting that Fortress Monroe is as historically significant as  
>Jefferson's Monticello is just a further insult to the man along the lines
of  unproven 
>and unproveable allegations of miscegenation with a slave girl.
> 
>Basil Forest.
> 
> 
> 
>In a message dated 10/23/2008 1:48:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>Sounds  like a perfect project for raising private funds from those who deem  
> 
>it of great historic significance, and not wasting public funds.
>
>J  South
>
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