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Originally posted by kafromTN
3] I'm not saying it didn't happen, but it has been blown out of proportion. Let me reiterate, I'm not approving of it or saying it wasn't cruel or even saying slavery was a good thing. What I was pointing out was the frequency was not all it was made out to be. Certain groups have agendas to promote their point of view, some of which are to distort facts and sensationalize them [e.g. the Mexican-American War, Spanish-American War two name a ocuple]. That is what many people did on both sides of the argument of slavery, that is why people have to look at primary documents and look at documents written in that time period.
When you say you "get it from my people" from whom do you get it from&how is it presented?
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I don't have the energy to really get into this conversation, but I encourage you to read some Slave Narratives. Henry Louis Gates, the Harvard (I think--I'm doing this from memory--some Ivy League school) professor edited a vloume about a year or so ago.
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