Wachovia apologizes for historical ties to slavery; Georgia bank cited

Atlanta Business Chronicle ^ | June 1, 2005 | Atlanta Business Chronicle

[No Surrender No Retreat]

You can thank the democratic party for that issue. The bottom line is we all have equal voting rights in America. P.S. the democrats are working hard to get those nice felons, voting rights restored. Hell, they voted anyway in most of the democrat polling areas. This issue will never end as long as the poverty pimps and the white commie liberals can stoke the fire. NSNR

[litehaus]

"The poorest of the poor here are better off than the "rich" of most of the world, IMHO."

BIG fact that the stupid "Bleeding Hearts" NEVER acknowledge!

[Savage Beast]

It's also a safe bet that every one of us had ancestors who were de jure or de facto masters of slaves somewhere or other.

[ChildOfThe60s]

You should accept the booth, the toll booth, and nothing but the booth.

[ChildOfThe60s]

As long as everyone is rending their garments for past deeds they had nothing to do with, I have a complaint.

When are the "native Americans" going to apologize for the millions of deaths their ancestors have caused around the world. In fact, their ancestors are responsible for many times greater deaths than Europeans caused among the natives of North America.

What heinous deed should all Native Americans be called to apologize for?

Tobacco. Yes, smoking related deaths were virtually unknown in Europe until the Indians exposed them to the demon weed. They are just as responsible for that as I am for what a distant ancestor of mine did to any ancestor of theirs.

I can't go on with my life fully until they apologize for all of the pain and death their ancestors have caused. In addition, it has never been proven to me that they didn't do it with the intention of sowing death among the evil Europeans.

Just another liberal double standard exposed.

[peacebaby]

Wow! What a concept that American Indians should pay for the deaths of millions due to tobacco, and how that subject relates to those of us who are related to slave owners....

signed,

kin to slave owner AND great granddaughter of a Cherokee Indian
Peace.

[PAR35]

provided the gold that tops the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.

They had to put new gold up there after Jimmy Carter left the governor's office. (I guess running a presidential campaign is expensive. )

[peacebaby]

Thanks for letting me know. I was wondering how long gold would last on the dome.

[ChildOfThe60s]

You know, now that you mention it, I have fair amount of North Carolina Cherokee in my family. Funny thing is my cousins are dark haired and have the bone structure, my side is blond and anglo looking. I never give it much thought.

But I guess that means I also am carrying the guilt for slavery and tobacco. Heavy burden.

Oh, plus, some of my family in Georgia are very likely descended from the criminals shipped over that settled there.

How will I go on?

[peacebaby]

How will you go on?

My 5th great uncles were slave owners. My grandfather grew tobacco. My greatgrandmother was a Cherokee Indian.

How will I go on? I will live and learn, and not beat myself up for what my forefathers didn't know.

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[peacebaby]

like I said, pandora's box. This rehash has been rehashed. It's not my problem, although my forefathers were slave owners. I'm tired of bending over. Wachovia blinked first and shouldn't have, imho.

[lepton]

According to the investigation, these banks outside the traditional South had founders, directors, or account holders who owned slaves and/or profited directly from slavery; invested in or transacted business with companies or individuals that owned slaves; invested in the bonds of slave states and municipalities; or invested in U.S. government bonds during years when the United States permitted and profited from slave labor directly through taxation.

That's a pretty broad brush.

[lepton]

If the issue was handled right after the civil war, then I believe their would be a lot less issues with race today IMHO.

It largely was...and then the Dems won back power in the late 1870s...and then put Jim Crow into effect in the late 1890s.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

I am waiting on that great humanitarian Peanut farmer Carter to issue an apology and offer at least half of his prez retirement for restitution his slave owning ancestors.