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JCMach1

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22. We are never bound by our history

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2020, 12:48 PM

Jun 2020

My family tree has

-Slave owners
-Confederate and Union soldiers
-first gen Mormons
-several genocided NA tribes
-French nobility
-poor farmers
-KKK
-People who married first cousins
-one saintly woman who had 18 kids including 3 sets of twins and also raised some of her grandkids

But essentially, if you had white ancestors in the south they probably owned slaves at some point. Not why you dig,but you will find it.

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It's weird how all those people who are so insistent THEIR ancestors "never owned slaves" [View all] ck4829 Jun 2020 OP

Rationalization takes many forms dlk Jun 2020 #1

They probably don't even know. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #2

My family always said that shit. Codeine Jun 2020 #3

There were a few slave owners in my family tree Sherman A1 Jun 2020 #4

Mine too. ananda Jun 2020 #16

This John Oliver video shows some of the reactions... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #5

Thank you f or the video. Sharing it widely. niyad Jun 2020 #13

You're welcome! Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #15

I don't have a clue about my own ancestors moose65 Jun 2020 #6

In Ohio? It's bizarre to me too. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #7

I see a more confederate flags in Ohio than I ever saw in Kentucky. KentuckyWoman Jun 2020 #9

In mostly Southern Ohio, by any chance? Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #10

I've been around - and yes, southern Ohio. KentuckyWoman Jun 2020 #17

It's depressing, and I think it's a more recent thing. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #18

Interesting moose65 Jun 2020 #23

I had to unfriend a younger Ohio cousin who was spouting racist thoughts, waving confed flag. Captain Zero Jun 2020 #11

I have seen them in PA, NJ, and NY. Tipperary Jun 2020 #21

I think a lot of southerners migrated to many of those areas. Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #25

Yeah, whatever. Rationalizers gonna rationalize... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #8

I think mine may have. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2020 #12

My mother used to say that Mariana Jun 2020 #14

In fairness most Southerners didn't treestar Jun 2020 #19

My Family Definitely Didn't ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #20

We are never bound by our history JCMach1 Jun 2020 #22

I live in the south and don't know anyone personally who Hortensis Jun 2020 #24