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juxtaposed

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1. I think this from the bbc hits that point

Reply to GeoWilliam750 (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 10:38 PM

Oct 2019

But Charleston reflects a wholly American truth: that nothing here is untouched by the legacy of slavery, even centuries on. What is less certain is how a city - and a nation - should talk about such a difficult past.

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I think this from the bbc hits that point juxtaposed Oct 2019 #1

Several of ancestors owned slaves and three of them that I know of fought for the confedracy. Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #2