No slaves in 70 or so years? Many good African-Americans considered the time that slavery truly ended as when the Civil Rights laws were passed and enforced, and time before that was described as "slavery times". With your thinking, why then do we celebrate the birth and death of Jesus Christ when he lived over 2,000 years ago? Why do we celebrate the Declaration of Independence, when it was written so many years ago? Why celebrate your birthday, considering your age now? Why? Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/stevepem http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html