I was only kidding Donna. My Grandapa nor my Greatgrandpa never owned any slaves. My parents both picked cotton. My mother only went to the third grade in school and my dad to sixth grade because they were needed at home on the farm. Ted Quoting DixieMom <[email protected]>: > 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 > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >