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redgreenandblue

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22. Then what is this?

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #18)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 02:17 PM

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By reading GD, one could think that the North never owned slaves. [View all] redgreenandblue Jun 2015 OP

Some parts of California are just as racist and ugly as anywhere. randys1 Jun 2015 #1

California sided with the South during the Civil War. upaloopa Jun 2015 #9

California as a whole most certainly did not. KamaAina Jun 2015 #27

The Confederate uprising in Southern California was never going to happen Brother Buzz Jun 2015 #34

Nope that did not happen nadinbrzezinski Jun 2015 #43

I didn't get that impression from reading GD. Cali_Democrat Jun 2015 #2

Well, there is this: redgreenandblue Jun 2015 #4

Where does the poster say racism and homicide are foreign concepts in the North? Cali_Democrat Jun 2015 #5

That's one post, about the war and its aftermath n/t arcane1 Jun 2015 #15

There have been plenty of similar threads recently. nt redgreenandblue Jun 2015 #17

Northerners on a moral high-horse need to watch this film: Coventina Jun 2015 #3

NYC Civil War Race Riots HockeyMom Jun 2015 #8

Grandfathers and mothers emigrated from Germany in 1857. Lived in Guttenberg Iowa - both him jwirr Jun 2015 #10

I don't think anyone should feel guilt for their ancestors. Nor should they feel pride. Coventina Jun 2015 #21

But the North doesn't celebrate it as "heritage". JaneyVee Jun 2015 #18

Then what is this? redgreenandblue Jun 2015 #22

Agreed. I think anyone who thinks on the Confederacy with pride is stupid at best, but most likely Coventina Jun 2015 #25

Strongly recommend. Also slavenorth.com unc70 Jun 2015 #38

Of course they did, but by 1804 every state in the North had abolished slavery frazzled Jun 2015 #6

File Under: 1 person who said something I didn't like equals everyone on DU believes it FSogol Jun 2015 #7

There are plenty of examples from the last few days. redgreenandblue Jun 2015 #16

I visited Philly a few years ago. HooptieWagon Jun 2015 #11

George Washington & his runaway slave. Divernan Jun 2015 #29

If one really stretched. Iggo Jun 2015 #12

Fascinating timeline on who emancipated whom going back to antiquity here. It was often followed by leveymg Jun 2015 #13

Spend less time here then. closeupready Jun 2015 #14

But then the OP wouldn't be able to cite exceptions that proved rules LordGlenconner Jun 2015 #19

Secession, seschmession. Sheez. Talk about closeupready Jun 2015 #24

I infer the opposite. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #20

May I just mention that I think OP is being less than truthful? Humanist_Activist Jun 2015 #23

hmmm struggle4progress Jun 2015 #26

The series, "Turn: Washington's Spies" brings this out. Both sides own slaves in New York and Cleita Jun 2015 #28

Took me a while to warm up to that show, but I'm really into it now. Coventina Jun 2015 #30

Yes, it is addictive once you get into it. Cleita Jun 2015 #32

Yeah, I appreciate seeing the characters from history embodied with emotions and such. Coventina Jun 2015 #35

The Simpcoe character's actor is the best. He should get an Emmy. Cleita Jun 2015 #37

HA! So glad to know I'm not the only one! He's completely horrible, yet somehow.....compelling. Coventina Jun 2015 #39

Someone always reminds us that the south did not have a monopoly on slavery or racism. Nitram Jun 2015 #31

convenient points that seem to be forgotten, and those issues were going full forces through the still_one Jun 2015 #40

The north is integrated? frustrated_lefty Jun 2015 #41

Depends on what you call integration. Nitram Jun 2015 #44

No one said there wasn't or isn't racism in the North, but that is a different issue still_one Jun 2015 #33

General Grant owned slaves until 1865 davidn3600 Jun 2015 #36

The North never fought a war to retain the right to keep slaves. The North fought a war pnwmom Jun 2015 #42

Amen. Nitram Jun 2015 #45

I'm anxious to see the upcoming movie The Free State Of Jones aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2015 #46