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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state 
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Was it she who set half the city on fire or from whom other slaves would aspire to set themselves free from colonial pasts to live a life free at last tradition brought slavery to New France too landowners collected their human dues once that service was done... slave man hunted on the run then into unmarked graves he went as quickly as his life was spent. a tradition shared with the plantation owners down the East coast here lay a blemish on the face of a New Canadian host who must have argued how more tolerant he was anddid well to conceal his infernal flaws during a century and a half it flourished it then yielded to pressures to be abolished descendants never really knew where their kin was buried descendants cartelled to the Plains of Abraham by ferry So into the unmarked pits they went their lives served then instantly spent Is it about time to come to terms with an ugly past? I mean this had happened after 200 years had elapsed! [This message has been edited by ecrivan (03-03-2003 12:59 AM).] |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
A very sad write. Had me in tears. Awesome poem. Cold hands means a warm heart |
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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state |
Yes it is sad loner..and I have a colleague who played a French Canadian in the film done on this tragedy about slavery in the province from 1620 to 1760...and slaves buried in unmarked graves. civilized right? (there goes my sarcasm) |
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