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Slavery never ended loyalsister Jan 2013 #1
No, travel down to the Delta and observe the living conditions and "indentured" blacks Tutonic Jan 2013 #63
I fully agree loyalsister Jan 2013 #66
My father's family were sharecroppers near Meridian, Mississippi revolution breeze Jan 2013 #72
Awful dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #2
kr HiPointDem Jan 2013 #3
Chain gangs are not hidden. Just ignored. Scootaloo Jan 2013 #4
Some days I'm ashamed to be an American ... Scuba Jan 2013 #5
Our American Holocaust MrScorpio Jan 2013 #6
The mass graves are out there, they just need to be found. Scuba Jan 2013 #8
Are you referring to burial grounds? Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #18
Why would it matter? Scuba Jan 2013 #20
Thank you. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #32
It doesn't matter. They were robbed of their place in the sun, that they should have had. freshwest Jan 2013 #39
Worked to death or executed....what's the difference?... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #23
+1 you speak truth. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #47
the noose took the place of gas chambers SemperEadem Jan 2013 #12
Our 2nd holocaust. grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #54
"we want our country back..." SemperEadem Jan 2013 #11
Yeah, they want to live off what they stole from others - their freedom, their labor, their lives. freshwest Jan 2013 #40
So so true Euphoria Jan 2013 #57
Still happening... disproportionate sentencing for black folks and prison labor... Luminous Animal Jan 2013 #53
This is why I have no desire to live in the South. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #7
I live in TN and you are spot on. reflection Jan 2013 #15
"Oh, but the South is so put-upon and misunderstood!" in 3...2...1... Aristus Jan 2013 #24
It hurts to hear people bash the South reflection Jan 2013 #29
I agree. I grew up with a number of things about the South that I loved. Aristus Jan 2013 #30
The south is different as any internal colony is different. Other internal colonies include: HiPointDem Jan 2013 #61
Me, too, reflection. I had to move back to care for aging parents. Politicub Jan 2013 #51
Thank you. Kick. Rec. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #9
that is the country that the tea farts want to be taken back to SemperEadem Jan 2013 #10
+1000 Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #34
Right to Work. tclambert Jan 2013 #13
What Martin Luther King, Jr. knew: freshwest Jan 2013 #62
K&R idwiyo Jan 2013 #14
Thank you so much for posting. nc4bo Jan 2013 #16
But, but, states rights! ellie Jan 2013 #17
That is EXACTLY what people mean by "states rights" Hugabear Jan 2013 #28
Unless one is talking about Marijuana or DOMA hughee99 Jan 2013 #38
SMH Mr Dixon Jan 2013 #19
Slavery Just went corporate with Share-Cropping JCMach1 Jan 2013 #21
K&R Solly Mack Jan 2013 #22
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
you are right about that. racism runs deep noiretextatique Jan 2013 #45
I must have missed those posts.... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #48
I agree, Romulox, combine the "War on Drugs" and for profit prisons and we Uncle Joe Jan 2013 #43
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
My family oral history has it ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #31
god.... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #49
This is sickening...knr joeybee12 Jan 2013 #33
k&r shanti Jan 2013 #35
Rogue government? It can't happen here. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #36
K&R gollygee Jan 2013 #37
omg uponit7771 Jan 2013 #41
Some years back a DUer recommended Douglas Blackmon's Slavery by Another Name malaise Jan 2013 #42
Thanks for posting that. LisaLynne Jan 2013 #50
Yes, I remember hearing an interview with him when his book came out. Hissyspit Jan 2013 #58
It is an excellent book malaise Jan 2013 #68
k&r. Thanks for posting this story. I had no idea... Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #44
They left out The Nadir when we were taught American history. NT. Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #46
rec'd limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #52
I saw a documentary that dealt with this on PBS. Third Doctor Jan 2013 #55
See post #42. Hissyspit Jan 2013 #59
I have read many heartbreaking stories on DU . . . Brigid Jan 2013 #56
I always thought this was Jim Crow caseymoz Jan 2013 #60
I recently posted some photos.. SouthernDonkey Jan 2013 #64
K&R Land Shark Jan 2013 #65
Grew up in a very liberal state... im1013 Jan 2013 #67
I remember seeing a TV show decades ago, I think in the 1960s. drm604 Jan 2013 #69
Yes -- and for a good article about this subject TuxedoKat Jan 2013 #71
k/r marmar Jan 2013 #70
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