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.