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GUEST,kristen Songs about Molly Maguires (110* d) RE: Molly Maguires: Songs about? 08 Jul 04

I've been reading everyones thoughts on the molly maguires and they were not terriorists as some would believe or even killers.they were men with famlies to feed and went down in the mines before daybreak and came home at dusk it was a hard life. Coal miners were paid an average of 400 dollars a year and owed most to the company store. I live only 5 miles away where the molly maguires from Eckley PA were arrested and hung and where the movie "The Molly Maguires" was filmed.I also am a coal mining reenactor in Eckley and want everyone to know that these men were treated as if they were (pardon my wording) white slaves!They were acting as they did to try and gain some of their freedom and dignity back.

       Thanks for reading.    kristen

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