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Old 08-18-2007, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by SoCalGirl View Post
I think it would suck to grow up in the US learning "all your ancestors" came from slavery when you know full well they didn't! [/COLOR]
My best friend's family arrived here as free people of color back in the late 1700s-early 1800s. None of his relatives were ever slaves. I think this is more common than people realize, and yeah, I think it's seriously misleading to assume that just because a person's of African descent that their ancestors ever shared the enslavement experience.
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