Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Fri 20 Jun 2008 10:19:51a, Kathleen told us...
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>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>>>No, I wouldn't. However, I see no reason why whites would necessarily
>>>celebrate the end of slavery. We weren't slaves.
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>>Not *then*. But it's certainly a scourge that might have spread based
>>on various bogus racial or socio-economic standards.
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> I doubt that would have ever happened in the South where black slavery
> predominated and there was far more racial distinction than class
> distinction.

But what happens when racial lines blur? There were slaves whose
fathers and grandfathers were white.