Comments on: Mount Vernon http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:49:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: UmmAhmed http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/#comment-663 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:15:30 +0100 http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/#comment-663 I was just reading in the Gulf News paper that UAE is building a plantation. The way they exploit the foreign worker it will be slavery in this century!!! I was just reading in the Gulf News paper that UAE is building a plantation. The way they exploit the foreign worker it will be slavery in this century!!!

]]> by: browgurl http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/#comment-640 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:47:12 +0100 http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/#comment-640 Have you returned from the plantation yet? You haven't on or perhaps your too busy actually having a life to blog :P Have you returned from the plantation yet? You haven’t on or perhaps your too busy actually having a life to blog :P

]]> by: Tru3 http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/#comment-638 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:02:01 +0100 http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/#comment-638 You have sparked an interest... I LOVE history!! I will definitely look into doing this, insha Allah. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Tru3 You have sparked an interest… I LOVE history!! I will definitely look into doing this, insha Allah. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Tru3

]]> by: DJ Diva http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/#comment-637 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:35:47 +0100 http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/#comment-637 I too have been watching John Adams and remember that scene. My husband and I just looked at each other...the pain evident on both our faces. I also watched the Sally Hemmings tv movie and was struck by the role of Jefferson's slaves... Founding Fathers indeed.... I too have been watching John Adams and remember that scene. My husband and I just looked at each other…the pain evident on both our faces. I also watched the Sally Hemmings tv movie and was struck by the role of Jefferson’s slaves…

Founding Fathers indeed….

]]> by: Melissa http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/#comment-636 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:44:45 +0100 http://sepiatonz.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/mount-vernon/#comment-636 Ooh, take the slave tour if you can next time. It's amazing. Amazingly heartbreaking, but amazing nonetheless. We've been watching the John Adams series on HBO and Laura Linney (playing Abigail Adams) says upon entering the new White House while it's under construction, "To think that our nation's capitol is being built by slaves." Her point was about freedom and how they'd fought so hard for it, but not for everyone and that was wrong. Pretty awesome to hear that coming from a historical figure when so much of the country was slave-owning. Ooh, take the slave tour if you can next time. It’s amazing. Amazingly heartbreaking, but amazing nonetheless.

We’ve been watching the John Adams series on HBO and Laura Linney (playing Abigail Adams) says upon entering the new White House while it’s under construction, “To think that our nation’s capitol is being built by slaves.” Her point was about freedom and how they’d fought so hard for it, but not for everyone and that was wrong. Pretty awesome to hear that coming from a historical figure when so much of the country was slave-owning.

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