Many areas of the deep south would never have been settled if they hadn't imported slaves - the climate was considered inimicable to whites, whereas Africans were "used" to the heat. also, it didn't matter that much if they died. I'm convinced that the reason so many Southerners cling to their racist beliefs is the guilt that they feel o…
Many areas of the deep south would never have been settled if they hadn't imported slaves - the climate was considered inimicable to whites, whereas Africans were "used" to the heat. also, it didn't matter that much if they died. I'm convinced that the reason so many Southerners cling to their racist beliefs is the guilt that they feel over that history. Too hard to admit they did something so bad.
I had the misfortune to listen to a presentation by someone from the SCV (Sons of Confederate Veterans). It's not so much that they feel any "guilt" over what was done in the past but rather, and I quote, "...nobody wants to feel bad about something their granddaddy did."
To put it another way, breeding (who you are, who your family is), is so very important down there. It's as if you're tainted by what your family did. So there's no way some will ever admit they position of the south and its insurrection to continue to own human beings was anything but a fight for "Stets Raht's."
Many areas of the deep south would never have been settled if they hadn't imported slaves - the climate was considered inimicable to whites, whereas Africans were "used" to the heat. also, it didn't matter that much if they died. I'm convinced that the reason so many Southerners cling to their racist beliefs is the guilt that they feel over that history. Too hard to admit they did something so bad.
I had the misfortune to listen to a presentation by someone from the SCV (Sons of Confederate Veterans). It's not so much that they feel any "guilt" over what was done in the past but rather, and I quote, "...nobody wants to feel bad about something their granddaddy did."
To put it another way, breeding (who you are, who your family is), is so very important down there. It's as if you're tainted by what your family did. So there's no way some will ever admit they position of the south and its insurrection to continue to own human beings was anything but a fight for "Stets Raht's."