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Maedhros

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1. We have a national holiday in honor of Christopher Columbus,

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 06:24 PM

Feb 2014

and his transgressions dwarf those of Vesey.

I give the benefit of the doubt to those who led a slave rebellion, rather than to those who sought to put it down.

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Abolitionist or Terrorist? [View all] Blue_Tires Feb 2014 OP

We have a national holiday in honor of Christopher Columbus, Maedhros Feb 2014 #1

+1000 JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #3

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. kwassa Feb 2014 #2

Cosign on Robert E Lee JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #4