You're welcome and thanks for your statement that:
"But I own the part that the rich white slave traders took in that darkest times of Liverpool's history with poems I've written such as this one:"
The majority of the Caucasian race in the U.S. has not, will not, and never will own their great ancestors' roles in the slave trade. Once while researching census records, I came across a slave owner, wrote to a descendant asking if their family still possessed records of the slave transactions. The person wrote back and stated there were no slave owners in their family. I forwarded this person a snapshot of the Slave Owners Census Records for that county. The person never responded and blocked me from contacting them.
Also, when you state that:
"I do have relatives in North Carolina and have visited them many times, and that's why I think that segregation is still a worse issue in the states than in the UK, but it might have just been because of where my relatives live."
You are correct. However, it's pervasive all over, but especially in the South (southern states).
Thanks so much for your engagement. I'll read your post and poem.
This comment could have been a post in itself @raj808. Wonderful poem and reading thereof. I loved everything about this post of yours... and as usual, the comment section of a great post does not disappoint! I have already commented previously on this post in more detail, so won't do so again !PIZZA !ALIVE
Yes, although I come from Irish ancestry who were poor as muck and had not from a rich family that would have been the orchestrators and profiteers of slavery... the Irish came to Liverpool for jobs. And although they were treated as second-class citizens a lot of the jobs they did will have facilitated the slave trade.
It is impossible to know apart from on my father's side as his family are from Cork and never moved to Liverpool. I don't know what my great, great grandparents on my mother's side did. So for me, I own the dark past of Liverpool by telling the truth that some of the graves in that quaint-looking small baptist church were 'kings of slavery'.
The church curator didn't like it at first until she thought about it and wrote me an email saying that she admired my honesty, and after researching it herself had found out I was quite right and why should we try to cover up such truths... they should be brought into the light. So that they can never again happen.
Absolutely, unless we are prepared to face up to the truths of the past, no matter how difficult that may be, we can never truly move forward as a single human race. !LUV
You're welcome and thanks for your statement that:
The majority of the Caucasian race in the U.S. has not, will not, and never will own their great ancestors' roles in the slave trade. Once while researching census records, I came across a slave owner, wrote to a descendant asking if their family still possessed records of the slave transactions. The person wrote back and stated there were no slave owners in their family. I forwarded this person a snapshot of the Slave Owners Census Records for that county. The person never responded and blocked me from contacting them.
Also, when you state that:
You are correct. However, it's pervasive all over, but especially in the South (southern states).
Thanks so much for your engagement. I'll read your post and poem.
Have a good rest of your weekend.
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This comment could have been a post in itself @raj808. Wonderful poem and reading thereof. I loved everything about this post of yours... and as usual, the comment section of a great post does not disappoint! I have already commented previously on this post in more detail, so won't do so again !PIZZA !ALIVE
Thanks, for the compliment on the poem.
Yes, although I come from Irish ancestry who were poor as muck and had not from a rich family that would have been the orchestrators and profiteers of slavery... the Irish came to Liverpool for jobs. And although they were treated as second-class citizens a lot of the jobs they did will have facilitated the slave trade.
It is impossible to know apart from on my father's side as his family are from Cork and never moved to Liverpool. I don't know what my great, great grandparents on my mother's side did. So for me, I own the dark past of Liverpool by telling the truth that some of the graves in that quaint-looking small baptist church were 'kings of slavery'.
The church curator didn't like it at first until she thought about it and wrote me an email saying that she admired my honesty, and after researching it herself had found out I was quite right and why should we try to cover up such truths... they should be brought into the light. So that they can never again happen.
Absolutely, unless we are prepared to face up to the truths of the past, no matter how difficult that may be, we can never truly move forward as a single human race. !LUV
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