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In reply to the discussion: The South's Shocking Hidden History: Thousands of Blacks Forced Into Slavery Until WW2 [View all]SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)12. the noose took the place of gas chambers
and the graves are out there.
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xchrom
Jan 2013
OP
No, travel down to the Delta and observe the living conditions and "indentured" blacks
Tutonic
Jan 2013
#63
It doesn't matter. They were robbed of their place in the sun, that they should have had.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#39
Yeah, they want to live off what they stole from others - their freedom, their labor, their lives.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#40
Still happening... disproportionate sentencing for black folks and prison labor...
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#53
The south is different as any internal colony is different. Other internal colonies include:
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#61
If only the 14 year old black kid had been smoking a joint...many here would *applaud* his
Romulox
Jan 2013
#25
if the kid was 17 and black and had Skittles, some here would defend his killing
CreekDog
Jan 2013
#27
I lived in the South in the 50's and 60's and nothing would surprise surprise me about what happened
demosincebirth
Jan 2013
#26