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RE: Juneteenth - Michigan Swamp Buck - 06-26-2021 (06-24-2021, 08:16 PM)Minstrel Wrote: [quote pid='68436' dateline='1624555144'] [/quote] I fear that they would simply toss the entire tale (including the lie & the truth), like a used lollipop stick, and go in search of another excuse or reason to blame someone/anyone/everyone/'thing-else for their perceived 'misery'. [/quote] Indentured servant is an important distinction. Now I don't have my early ancestors to blame like Capt William Tucker (My 11th Great Grandfather). Quote:The first black American born into indentured servitude was owned by Captain William Tucker. Capt. Tucker was born in England and was the son of John Tucker Sr.and Alice Pelharm. Member of the VIRGINIA HOUSE of BURGESS. First arrived in Jamestown with his wife Mary Thompson around 1620. Captain of the ship "MARY and JAMES" Brought indentured servants Antonie and Isabel with him. They had a son and name him William Tucker after the Captain William Tucker Small William who was the FIRST NON-SLAVE but indentured servant born in the NEW WORLD later to become the United States.www.findagrave.com On the other hand . . . Quote:Captain William Tucker concluded a peace negotiation with a Powhatan Indian village by proposing a toast with a drink laced with poison . . . 200 Powhatans died instantly and another 50 were slaughtered |