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yella_dawg

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3. A great grand-uncle worked on the underground railroad.

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:38 PM

Feb 2012

His beliefs still resonate in my family so many years later.

My other great grand-uncle fought against the buffalo soldiers in west central Texas.

Go figure.

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I am watching a show on PBS about the Underground Railroad... [View all] WCGreen Feb 2012 OP

I was watching that last night I think. Very good. ejpoeta Feb 2012 #1

I loved it also. We always hear about the wonderful Harriet Tubman but Mr. Still was so monmouth Feb 2012 #2

A great grand-uncle worked on the underground railroad. yella_dawg Feb 2012 #3

Maybe your great grand-uncle knew my great grand-uncle. Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #9

I wonder too how I would have reacted, what I would have done then... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #4

Excellent show. snacker Feb 2012 #5

That was my thinking.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #8

PBS always has some great suff. n/t Little Star Feb 2012 #6

I have a Quaker ancestor, Benjamin Lundy, who published antislavery tracts Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #7

Republican Party of that period is not the same party of today. matmar Feb 2012 #10

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Feb 2012 #11