We went from loving the slaves to figuring what is owed to slaves. I did not see any mention of you, or anyone else owing for slavery. Maybe you are on the wrong list. We are discussing Virginia history, and unfortunately slavery was a part of that history. Lets try to stick to the subject here. Anita >From: qvarizona <[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: Loving the slaves >Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:56:13 -0700 > >Right on, Diane. --Joanne > > > >Diane Ethridge <[log in to unmask]> wrote: For those of us who had >ancestors who owned slaves & also had ancestors who >were Quakers &/or who didn't believe in slavery so bought slaves in order >to >free them, how do we figure the percentage of what we owe? Then do we >also owe on anything our ancestors did to the Jews, Irish, Catholics, >Quakers, Yankees, Hispanics, etc, etc. Some of our ancestors were also >probably one or more of all of these groups...I'm confused...sounds like >somebody owes me? There probably isn't an ethnic group, religion, >skin color or a persons from certain areas of the country who hasn't felt >the lash of prejudice or bad treatment from the majority or ruling class in >any given place or time. A good idea now would be to call it "even" & get >a >life. > >Diane in TX > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of >spyware protection. _________________________________________________________________ Who's that on the Red Carpet? Play & win glamorous prizes. http://club.live.com/red_carpet_reveal.aspx?icid=REDCARPET_hotmailtextlink3