Mr/Ms Jenkins, If you are so "proud" of being a 14th generation southerners, I suspect the arrogance is on your side, not mine. It is you who seems to be thinking that one side or the other is superior. It is not the first time that someone has implied that southerners are to be considered superior to those "D-Yankees". When one sets aside the centuries of human abuse known as slavery, and looks at the continued abuse under the reign of Jim Crow, one cannot find a single redeeming grace. Last month I added Mildred Loving to my Famous Americans website (http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer )so that children can learn to what extent people went to, to extend the arm of the government into the personal lives of the governed (or at least those not lucky enough to be born into the "right" race). Hopefully children will learn the horrors inflicted on human lives when governments, federal or state, interfere where they dare not tread. Perhaps Mildred Loving's story will convince more of our youth that setting laws as to what race or gender can marry whichever other race or gender, is unacceptable in a Land of Freedom. Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hist Docs" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:25 PM Subject: Re: Richmond and VA slave Traders, plus Africa "The War of Northern Agression" And why, might I inquire, would that be so "stupid" to many of us who have VERY deep southern roots? I find a certain arrogance in your attitude that suggests to me you believe yourself, and the "north" in general, superior to we Southerners. Glad we Southerners could provide you with a you laugh. R.B. Jenkins Proud 14th generation Virginian ----- Original Message ----- From: Anne Pemberton<mailto:[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:26 PM Subject: Re: Richmond and VA slave Traders, plus Africa Tom, I have described the bitterness I have seen in Virginia since this "D****d Yankee" moved here forty years ago. I call it the Civil War, but have heard any variety of names, including the stupidest: The War of Northern Agression. A sister moved to Texas a few years ago, and we had a good laugh over the way southerners try to make it sound like they were not at fault for that bloody conflict. Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.erols.com/apembert<http://www.erols.com/apembert> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org<http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Excalibur131" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> To: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:14 PM Subject: Re: Richmond and VA slave Traders, plus Africa > Anne, > > I'm just sitting here wondering, are you bitter? > > Also, what name would you have us call the "Civil War?" > > Tom > Eastern Shore & More > http://easternshoremore.com<http://easternshoremore.com/> > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html<http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html> ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html<http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html> ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html