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handmade34

(22,756 posts) Wed Jun 3, 2020, 07:12 AM Jun 2020

peaceful protest you say??

what white people did when they couldn't keep slaves!!!

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peaceful protest you say?? (Original Post) handmade34 Jun 2020 OP

K&R Solomon Jun 2020 #1

As a descendant of a man who died in Andersonville Military Prison, which easily rivaled Squinch Jun 2020 #2

... handmade34 Jun 2020 #3

I'm so happy that was your reaction. I was very hesitant to say that. I know what I Squinch Jun 2020 #4

Solomon

(12,310 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 07:34 AM

Jun 2020

Squinch

(50,949 posts)

2. As a descendant of a man who died in Andersonville Military Prison, which easily rivaled

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 07:49 AM

Jun 2020

the Nazi concentration camps in its inhumanity, and of another man who died on a Confederate prison ship which reportedly was even worse than Andersonville...

... just this once I feel I must stand up for those brave men's sacrifice and their unimaginable suffering and say, "Not all white people."

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

3. ...

Reply to Squinch (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 09:47 AM

Jun 2020

Squinch

(50,949 posts)

4. I'm so happy that was your reaction. I was very hesitant to say that. I know what I