<<Walter A. Plecker and a lot of other folks were involved in eugenics and policies which made folks who were not considered 'white' unable to vote, unable to own land, unable to marry anyone who was considered 'white,' and kept folks from schooling their children.>> Please cite some laws which prevented Minorities from owning land..or attending school.. Then I will accept your comments on this point as true.. Thanks, G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Virginia

On 11 Aug 00, at 10:08, G. Lee Hearl: I think what happened is close to what the Indian experienced. It was a difference in law and culture. White man law said you have to survey and apply for a grant. Basically buying a title to the land. If the Indian or Melungeon was on the land but a white surveyed it they could legally take it. Daniel Boone and those he sold to lost a lot of land the same way. So it is not discrimination or victimhood, it is a matter of following the law. -eddie <<Walter A. Plecker and a lot of other folks were involved in eugenics and policies which made folks who were not considered 'white' unable to vote, unable to own land, unable to marry anyone who was considered 'white,' and kept folks from schooling their children.>> Please cite some laws which prevented Minorities from owning land..or attending school.. Then I will accept your comments on this point as true.. Thanks, G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Virginia ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== #8 Anyone interested and researching SW VA and Appalachian history might be interested in the Fincastle History Forum list. Contact Edgar at [email protected] for a copy of the rules. ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/