Cagney, I know he does hold personal responsibility, as he was on his own mission. Anita >From: cagney <[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: SLAVE OWNERSHIP BY NATIVE AMERICANS IN VIRGINIA >Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:21:41 -0600 > >My grandmother and her family were part-Indian (her grandmother was >full-blooded), and living in Campbell County during the early 1900s. They >are listed as "Mulatto" on the 1920 and 1930 census, and "Negro" in the >1930 census (the family members I could find on the census, anyway). In >addition, many of my Mom's cousins have discovered that they were listed as >either "Colored" or "Negro" on their birth records. > >Dr. Walker A. Plecker was the first registrar of Virginia's Bureau of Vital >Statistics (1912-1945). He may have been acting under the authority of the >Virginia government, but that does not erase the fact that, at the very >least, he was an extremely misguided man. He corresponded with Joseph >Goebbels of Nazi Germany about his handling of the "Jewish problem", and >was known to have ordered the sterilization of many Virginia Indians and >African-Americans. The aforementioned book, "Indian Island of Amherst >County," is a very good source on this evil man. > >I may be calling Plecker evil because of my own personal prejudice, but he >is responsible for damaging thousands of lives. Thank goodness men like >him are gone! > >Jean Spradlin-Miller > _________________________________________________________________ Refi Now: Rates near 39yr lows! $430,000 Mortgage for $1,399/mo - Calculate new payment http://www.lowermybills.com/lre/index.jsp?sourceid=lmb-9632-17727&moid=7581 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html