From: Reg Harris <rj.harris@ntlworld.com> > On 06/02/2014 11:46, roy.stockdill@btinternet.com wrote: > > From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> > > - Bristol Post > > Send reply to: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > > > >> Hi Listers, > >> > >> This Bristol Post article has just caught my attention: > >> > >> Notebook reveals chilling insight into Bristol's slave trade > >> > >> > http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/CHILLING-INSIGHT-SLAVE-TRADE/story-20569759-detai > >> l/story.html> > > I dislike these politically correct stories about things that happened > long, > > long ago and about which none of us alive today should feel remotely > ashamed. > > I blame all our troubles today on the Normans and would like the French > to pay me compensation. > > Reg Harris> Quite so, Reg! As a Yorkshireman, I think it likely that some of my ancestors were slaughtered in William's infamous "Harrying of the North" in 1069 when thousands of people and their animals were massacred and it was said that there was barely a village left unburnt between York and Durham. I too think the French government should pay me compensation - no, of course I don't! However, my point was a serious one. I get tired of these stories about slavery and the implication that we who are alive today should somehow be responsible for the actions of our ancestors and apologise for them. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ Reach For The Stars blog: roystockdillgenealogy.com "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE