I just wished that Grandpa had picked his own cotton! Ted Quoting DixieMom <[email protected]>: > Thanks for posting this "Letter to the Editor" Cindy. > > What a good and refreshing letter from this gentleman. I totally agree and > wish the truth would finally be told in our land. Sure would put the > agitators to rest, or at least they'd have to find another topic. (ha) > > Donna Schwieder in Arkansas > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:10 AM > Subject: [SCAnderson] Confederate soldiers did not fight for slavery > > > > > > Very interesting article. The Augusta Chronicle does a lot of history > articles. > > > > > > http://augustachronicle.com/stories/053003/let_046-4872.shtml > > > > > > ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== > > Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/index.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== > Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/index.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hey Ted, Some Southerners DID pick their own cotton and some even right along side their servants. :) Only less than 5% of the Southern people owned slaves. And the slaves did more than pick cotton. You wouldn't believe the list of needful skills they were taught to do and did well. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [SCAnderson] Confederate soldiers did not fight for slavery > I just wished that Grandpa had picked his own cotton! > > Ted > > > > Quoting DixieMom <[email protected]>: > > > Thanks for posting this "Letter to the Editor" Cindy. > > > > What a good and refreshing letter from this gentleman. I totally agree and > > wish the truth would finally be told in our land. Sure would put the > > agitators to rest, or at least they'd have to find another topic. (ha) > > > > Donna Schwieder in Arkansas > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cindy" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:10 AM > > Subject: [SCAnderson] Confederate soldiers did not fight for slavery > > > > > > > > > > Very interesting article. The Augusta Chronicle does a lot of history > > articles. > > > > > > > > > http://augustachronicle.com/stories/053003/let_046-4872.shtml > > > > > > > > > ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== > > > Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/index.html > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== > > Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/index.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== > Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/index.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >