Sharpton, Thurmond linked by slavery

Reuters ^ | 25 February AD 2007 | Reuters

[EQAndyBuzz]

15 paraqgraphs and no mention that Thurmond was a Democrat segregationist who changed and became a Republican.

I am amazed..... well not really.

[RaceBannon]

I'm just waiting for someone to pay for just who the ancestors are that were owned by Al Gore Sr, Fritz Hollings, and Robert KKK Byrd...

[AlphaOneAlpha]

"Barack Obama and Vice President Cheney are cousins"

That's nothing, wait 'til Hillary finds out Obama is an illegitimate son of Bubba's.

[spinestein]

[According to the genealogists' research, Sharpton's great-grandfather, Coleman Sharpton, was a slave in South Carolina ... "It is wonderful that (Sharpton) was able to become what he is in spite of what his forefather was," she said.]



Yeah, amazing. It's only been ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS since slavery was abolished and ALREADY some of their descendants are starting to move into the mainstream of successful American society.

[Lion Den Dan]

The Thurmonds did not own much.

[uptoolate]

Sharpton learned of the connection this week, and told the News that "nothing -- nothing -- could prepare me for this."

Actually, Sharpton should be grateful that his relatives were slaves. Today, Sharpton claims to be a Christian Minister. That would not have happened had his ancestors been left on the shores of Africa, worshiping false gods in idolatry. God very well may have been judging those people by enslaving them, just as Israel was enslaved to the Babylonians for the soul purpose of judgment of sin, followed up by a restoration of the heart back to God.

I'm not saying that the early American slave owners were right and justified in their treatment of the slaves, (the Babylonians were a wicked people but God used them anyway to rebuke Israel), but they did end up being led to salvation of the soul here in America.

For that, Rev. Al should be grateful.

Obviously my opinion will not be a popular one since the term slavery in American has a very bad connotation. But in reality 'slavery' is very popular. Many of us are 'slaves' to these computers. Or to the TV's. In the Mosaic Law, if a person committed a crime and got caught, his punishment was that he had to pay 'restitution' to the offended. This usually was more than the actual value of the crime. Sometimes it was twice the value, sometimes seven fold. If the offender did not have the means to pay the fine, he became the 'servant' (slave) of the victim until his debt was paid off. This was God ordained as a punishment for sin. The offender was to be treated fairly and all his physical needs met. God even had a provision that if a slave had purchased back their freedom but enjoyed being a servant to their master, the master could enter a contract with the slave to keep the relationship going. The slave would have a mark placed on the earlobe with an awl signifying the contract.

Try teaching that in a public school during Black History Month.

[geopyg]

I forget who it was, but some noteworthy black person said something to the effect that he was glad that his ancestors were slaves in the old South - because otherwise he would never have had the opportunity to become what he is.

[Between the Lines]

Relatives of Thurmond, who after his death was revealed to have fathered a black child. . .

I have to wonder if they are insinuating with this, that if Strom's ancestors were like he was that Sharpton and Strom might be related by blood.

[Between the Lines]

I have to wonder if they are insinuating with this, that if Strom's ancestors were like he was that Sharpton and Strom might be related by blood.

Seems I was right:

Blood Line Ties Sharpton to White Segregationist

Feb. 26, 2007 – The Rev. Al Sharpton is asking for a DNA test after learning that he is a descendant of a slave owned by the relatives of the late South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond (R), once a hardcore defender of segregation.

[TheStickman]

I have laughed and laughed over this story.

[twigs]

I have Winfrey ancestors and I assume they were slave owners. I've always thought that if my ancestors owned Oprah's ancestors, then they got the last laugh through Oprah. I'm not an Oprah fan, but she's earned her money in the American ssytem and she's a lot wealthier than all my descendents will most probably be for decades to come all put together.

[RebelBanker]

Interesting...

There is a black family on the Eastern Shore that shares the surname with Mrs. Reb's father's family in Baltimore. According to census records, both families were in Maryland for a very long time, but there is no record of a blood or other connection. This may be due to poor record keeping, deliberate obfuscation or that the names are merely a coincidence. I do know that the spelling did vary a bit.

[ll_t]

And before he was a Republican, he was a Dixiecrat - a party he formed because of the mainstream Democratic opposition to segregation.

If you're going to go that far back - it's important to distinguish between Southern Democrats and the rest of the Democratic party. Most Republican politicians today are in the vain of the Southern Democrat, and quite a few Republican politicians came to be as Democrats (Rick Perry - here in Texas).