Very well stated and put, glad someone brought that up. I am the Virginia, Tennessee, North Mississippi bunch. I too am interested in the Quaker info, I have always heard that but never seen anything on it. Steve Vick ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda D. Fiddie <jordans@rose.net> To: <VICK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 7:14 PM Subject: [VICK-L] [Fwd: southern heritage] > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------E3352CF9A1E770DE34E33D0B > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > --------------E3352CF9A1E770DE34E33D0B > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Received: by mail.rose.net (mbox jordans) > (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.31 1998/05/13) Sat Feb 12 19:38:43 2000) > X-From_: zana-vg@worldnet.att.net Sat Feb 12 12:44:14 2000 > Return-Path: <zana-vg@worldnet.att.net> > Received: from mtiwmhc04.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc04.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.39]) > by mail.rose.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA13336 > for <jordans@rose.net>; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 12:44:14 -0500 > Received: from default ([12.74.98.139]) by mtiwmhc04.worldnet.att.net > (InterMail v03.02.07.07 118-134) with SMTP > id <20000212174344.STEA1419@default> for <jordans@rose.net>; > Sat, 12 Feb 2000 17:43:44 +0000 > Message-ID: <003201bf7582$5a96e520$8b624a0c@default> > Reply-To: "suzanne golladay" <zana-vg@worldnet.att.net> > From: "suzanne golladay" <zana-vg@worldnet.att.net> > To: <jordans@rose.net> > Subject: southern heritage > Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:55:25 -0600 > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > Linda...pass this on or deep six as a personal communication as you see fit. > > I cannot begin to pretend to the wide historical knowledge of so many of our > Vick cousins. I fact the recent discussion put my own academic achievements > in very poor light; however I would like to present a more sociological > wrap-up by pointing out that: > > 1) This group (the mail ring) was birthed by the descendants of Joseph Vick, > a Quaker convert, and an adopted Southerner. The first three generations in > the Colonies/US were of an overwhelming majority Quakers. It is proven fact > that the Quakers (although "soft" on the issue early on...a few initially > did have slaves; freeing them after the Friends took a more positive line on > the issue) were anti-slavery...believing in the freedom of all > persons...and, yes, equal participation in the church of both women and men. > > 2) The branches of Joseph's descendants who trekked west into Tennessee, > Arkansas and Texas were simple frontier people. Not wealthy. > > 3) Of those whose path was to the south into Alabama and Mississippi were > many devout with religious leaders among them. > > 4) As in any age they were a part of their society and the mores of the > time. > > 5) My point being: to those Vicks of other lines. Please understand that we > descendants of Joseph are overwhelmingly Southern by birth and experience > (at least those of us born and raised before the 60's). We see and seek to > learn from both the good and the bad in earlier generations and times, as in > now; but we respect from where we come and we do not deny our Southern > birthright to be proud of the South. This in no way requires that we think > and act in this era as others did in theirs. We simply defend the right of > our ancestors, in their time, to react as they did and not be criticized > without proper perspective applied. > > suzanne > > > > --------------E3352CF9A1E770DE34E33D0B-- >