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How the Civil War Changed Your Life
AARP ^ | April 12, 2011 | Betsy Towner

Posted on 04/27/2013 3:45:10 AM PDT by daniel1212

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To: CatherineofAragon

Yep. Severasl of the farmers around home had switched to things like broccoli last time I visited.


81 posted on 04/28/2013 3:22:15 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Vermont Lt

No it is not a bullshit answer. To the people who willingly went into slavery, whether it be temporary as in indentured servitude, generational like serfs, or commoditized like the worldwide slave marketplaces slavery had different meanings.

To judge slavery through todays eyes is ignorant.


82 posted on 04/28/2013 3:36:27 PM PDT by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed " people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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