http://www.rippdemup.com/2012/08/bryan-fischer-underground-railroad-drug-addicted-addicts-same-sex-marriage/ It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder... Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.rippdemup.com/2012/08/bryan-fischer-underground-railroad-drug-addicted-addicts-same-sex-marriage/#comment-2924 Kristen Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=7587#comment-2924 I don't really remember the dates, and I could have the region wrong, but he is dead wrong on the "slaves were totally dependent" line. Slaves in the Carolina region grew their own food and sold their own produce, at least at one point in US history. It had something to do with rice being tended too differently than tobacco. Tobacco took longer, they had to pick the bugs...or something...Like I said, idk how long this lasted, if laws later prevented them from doing so or what, but it did happen, and is evidence that slaves were self-motivated and industrious and not content to be dependent on their oppressors. [God I need to review my US History notes.] I don’t really remember the dates, and I could have the region wrong, but he is dead wrong on the “slaves were totally dependent” line. Slaves in the Carolina region grew their own food and sold their own produce, at least at one point in US history. It had something to do with rice being tended too differently than tobacco. Tobacco took longer, they had to pick the bugs…or something…Like I said, idk how long this lasted, if laws later prevented them from doing so or what, but it did happen, and is evidence that slaves were self-motivated and industrious and not content to be dependent on their oppressors. [God I need to review my US History notes.]

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