And, I am prejudiced by my birth in Ohio, my childhood in PA, and my adulthood in Virginia. And, undoubtedly because I've been doing some genealogical digging into my ancestors in PA, exploring new stories for students for Black History Month, and stumbling over some interesting connections in the Underground Railroad from Petersburg up to Lancaster, Pa, next county over from my ancestors who began arriving in the 1750's, I am also prejudiced by current readings. Understandings of the causes of events should be as free from prejudice as possible. The South may have waxed poetic and songful about being invaded, but the events suggest otherwise to me. I have no known ancestors who fought in the Civil War. Apparently they just went on farming those four years. Anne At 03:47 PM 2/20/03 -0500, you wrote: >Arise in majesty again, >Maryland! My Maryland! > >However, I am prejudiced having been born in the Southern state....Maryland. > > >JDS Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/stevepem http://www.educationalsynthesis.org To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html