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'Forgive us, because we sold them,' says African ambassador on possible slave ship find
AL.com ^
| 2-18-18
| Ben Raines
Posted on 02/18/2018 9:19:39 AM PST by boycott
"I am just begging them to forgive us, because we sold them. Our forefathers sold their brothers and sisters. I am not the person to talk to them. No! May their souls rest in peace, perfect peace. They should forgive us. They should," Posset said, wiping tears from his cheeks. "Qualified people will come and talk to them in due time. I feel so sad."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; benin; clotilda; godsgravesglyphs; hectorposset; mobile; sharoningram; slavery; slavetrade; tensawdelta
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To: sipow
Black men put other black men into chains and sold them. ...to White men.
White men fought and died to free them.
...from other White men.
All have sinned, yet America—even with its sins—remains the hope and envy of the world...
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posted on
02/18/2018 10:10:10 AM PST
by
sargon
("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
To: sipow
“White men fought and died to free them.”
To what are you referring?
To: boycott
“Thank God My Granddaddy Got On That Boat” - Muhammad Ali
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posted on
02/18/2018 10:12:18 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: JimRed
“not responsible” does not mean anyone is not obligated by laws NOW.... I am not at FAULT for anything my ancestors did, even my parents, but that does not mean I don’t have to obey laws NOW, whatever may have happened with others in the past.
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posted on
02/18/2018 10:18:16 AM PST
by
Enchante
(FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
To: sipow
White men fought and died to free them. Not all. Many fought for the Democrat's right to keep slaves.
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posted on
02/18/2018 10:27:01 AM PST
by
TwelveOfTwenty
(Prayers for our country and President Trump)
To: boycott
The DEA goes after the dealers, not the users. But with slavery we ignore the dealers and demonize only the users.
To: jeffersondem; sipow
To what are you referring?A bit weak on 19th Century American history, are you?
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posted on
02/18/2018 10:59:20 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: boycott
Are Blacks going to demand reparations from Blacks?
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posted on
02/18/2018 11:11:21 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Free Republic keeps me from going insane in a world that has chosen insanity over reason.)
To: boycott
"Having agreeably transacted affairs with Prince, we went to the warehouse where they had in confinement four thousand captives in a state of nudity from which they gave me liberty to select one hundred and twenty-five as mine, offering to brand them for me, from which I peremptorily forbid."Geez, what a great guy. /sarc
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posted on
02/18/2018 11:12:10 AM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(Winning isn't as easy as I make it look. -- Donald J. Trump)
To: I want the USA back
Are Blacks going to demand reparations from Blacks?
Creates sort of a dilemma.
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posted on
02/18/2018 11:14:42 AM PST
by
boycott
To: KC_Lion
Good point. The other side of this article focuses on reuniting descendants which is pretty cool.
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posted on
02/18/2018 11:36:34 AM PST
by
HollyB
To: boycott
They’re still selling their brothers and sisters to mussulman buyers. Old traditions die hard.
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posted on
02/18/2018 11:52:35 AM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: boycott
So shi* Sherlock. BLM and all racial whiners pay attention.
To: Bringbackthedraft
A freeper told me there were thousands and thousands more Irish slaves than there ever black slaves, sold into slavery by the English in the past. I looked it up and it was astounding.
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posted on
02/18/2018 12:03:45 PM PST
by
kiltie65
To: kiltie65
Alonso many of the Jacobite (Scottish) rebels rank & file were sold into slavery by the highland clearances.
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posted on
02/18/2018 12:10:26 PM PST
by
Reily
To: jeffersondem
The abolitionists. Men like Elijah Lovejoy and Charles Torrey.
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posted on
02/18/2018 12:37:14 PM PST
by
sipow
To: boycott
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posted on
02/18/2018 12:39:11 PM PST
by
Eddie01
To: TwelveOfTwenty
Did you see the word all in my statement?
I also didnt say that all black men put other black men in chains. Just to clarify.
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posted on
02/18/2018 12:40:29 PM PST
by
sipow
To: boycott
Ask not who, but rather, ask why the enslavement
The answer is inferiority.
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posted on
02/18/2018 12:40:55 PM PST
by
bert
(K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
To: VietVet
Good history lesson, thanks !
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posted on
02/18/2018 12:47:42 PM PST
by
tomkat
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