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Originally posted by WorldShadow
That little bit of history is hidden from school children to show white dominance over the new world as it was shaped by the winners.
Originally posted by The Walking Fox
reply to post by Roland Deschain
He was attempting to be sardonic, I think. It's my experience that such attempts fail horribly in text.
* 1141 peach trees
* 418 apple trees
* 280 acres under cultivation
* a ferry
* a store
* 30 black slaves
* other slaves including Creek captives
Originally posted by Sestias
Attitudes and practices were different then.
Originally posted by passenger
Why weren’t they given the full picture?
Originally posted by HarlemHottie
Southern states-rights proponents would argue that the Federal government has always had it out for them.
Originally posted by passenger
“Had it out for them”… now that’s an understatement
Originally posted by HarlemHottie
I was implying that perhaps the false depictions of slavery could be attributable to "spin" by the Federal government. The victor gets to write the history books.
Originally posted by passenger
And, of course, it follows that because of Federal funding to education a lot of this information is deliberately withheld. But there also exists an almost religious aspect in the attitudes and teachings of some educators.