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| Thread ID: 91151 | 2008-06-28 00:27:00 | And North Of The Mason-Dixon Line Too! | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 683126 | 2008-06-28 00:27:00 | When slavery was rampant in Dear Ol' Dixie, and was South of the Mason-Dixon Line ( . wikipedia . org/wiki/Mason_dixon_line" target="_blank">en . wikipedia . org), the North went to war over the issue . States South of that imaginary, but REAL line were running cotton, tobacco, hemp and rice with the aid of black slaves . There were Northerners, to be sure, who capitalized on the slaves and their cheap labor . . . these people who took advantage of that were called "Carpet Baggers" for the traveling bags (suitcases and such) that they carried . OK . . enuff of a history lesson . . . . . . now I have a resurfacing of slavery . . and this time in Yankee-Land . . . or North of the Mason-Dixon Line: . usatoday . com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/321621779/2008-06-27-millionaires-slavery_N . htm" target="_blank">rssfeeds . usatoday . com |
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