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Hoyt

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5. I still gasp for air when I think of Howard Zinn's description of how many slaves

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2014, 02:25 PM

Apr 2014

we're transported to this country in tiny containers. It got worse from there. Slavery is why I roll my eyes when some right winger talks about how great our "founding fathers" supposedly were.

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For any neo-confederate acquaintance who may wonder aloud if slavery was so bad after all.... [View all] kpete Apr 2014 OP

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I still gasp for air when I think of Howard Zinn's description of how many slaves Hoyt Apr 2014 #5