Re: race card

[John Harrell <johnbharrell@yahoo.com>]

Hello Visionaries,

I just came across the following information. 

It is interesting the fact that slavery was introduced into this country 
by a balck man, and thousands of free black owned slaves. This subject was 
mentioned in AMERICAN HERITAGE, Feb./Mar. 1993 (vol. 441) under the title 
Selling Poor Steven beginning on page 90. Citing the official US Census of 
1830, there were3,775 free blacks who owned 12,740 black slaves.

Furthermore, the story outlines the history of slavery here, and the first
slave owner, the Father of American Slavery, was Mr. Anthony Johnson, of
Northampton VA. His slave was John Casor, the first slave for life. Both
were black Africans. This is part of Virginia's history that deserves
attention.

The story is very readable, and outlines cases of free black women owning
their husbands, free black parents selling their children into slavery to
white owners, and absentee free black slave owners, who leased their slaves
to plantation owners, among other things. Most libraries carry back issues
of American Heritage.

Another interesting book on the same subject is Free Negro Owners of Slaves
in the United States in 1830, by the noted black historian, Carter G.
Woodson. This book lists the names and address of free blacks who owned
slaves. Among them is one George C. Washington of Washington DC.

Cheers!
John Harrell


--- DonaldH675@aol.com wrote:
> Dear Visionaries,
> 
> The following paragraph from Credenda Agenda Volume 9 is Doug Wilson's 
> self-published "explanation" of how racism developed in the South:  
> 
> "We must recognize the racism that has afflicted many in the South since the 
> war is the fruit of the Reconstruction, not of slavery and the war. Those 
> southern whites who today despise blacks, far from showing ongoing 
> resistance, are continuing to submit to that humanist nightmare which was 
> first imposed at Reconstruction. Far better would be the attitude of Southern 
> whites who fought and bled alongside Southern blacks. At a reunion of the 7th 
> Tennessee Cavalry in 1876, Col. William Sanford said, 'And to you our colored 
> friends . . . we say welcome.  We can never forget your faithfulness in the 
> darkest hours of our lives.  We tender to you our hearty respect and love, 
> for you never faltered in duty nor betrayed our trust.'[ The Confederate 
> heritage includes deep affection between white and black."
> 
> This thinking is as limited in scope and understanding as it is morally 
> repugnant.  Vision 20/20 readers who are interested in Doug's glorification 
> of the "old South" (or those who are morbidly curious) should visit 
> http://www.credenda.org/issues/9-1thema.php
> 
> Please, Doug, spare us any future lectures on race or the "race card."  If I 
> feel the urge to listen to defenders of the Old South, I'd just as soon turn 
> to Jesse Helms, David Duke, or better yet, "Gone with the Wind."  The latter, 
> at least, has entertainment value.
> 
> One more day for to tote the weary load,
> Rosemary Huskey
> 


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