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They came for the Native Americans, and I did nothing. (Original Post)
mia
Dec 2016
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lame54
(39,773 posts)1. Best post title..
We all know how the rest goes
madinmaryland
(65,734 posts)2. Sadly they have been going after the Native American population for over
400 years. My ancestors were involved in that. I don't know if any were involved, per se, but they supported what was going on.
mia
(8,480 posts)3. My ancestors too.
!7th century Maryland and New York.
madinmaryland
(65,734 posts)4. Most of my ancesters came in through Philadelphia and moved
into east central PA before moving west.
Obviously it was a different time 250 years ago, but the decimation of the native american population is reprehensible. When I was in school, nothing about that was taught. Just the "thanksgiving" story that we hear all the time.