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Thread #135583   Message #3106851
Posted By: Greg F.
04-Mar-11 - 09:59 AM
Thread Name: BS: Celebrating Racism
Subject: RE: BS: Celebrating Racism
Thanks for the info on Jackie Robinson plaque, Sandy.

The other comments are somewhat irrelevant to the career of Nathan Bedford Forrest, who made his fortune buying and selling slaves, was a virulent white supremecist, terrorist and murderer in person and by proxy.

Its obvious that the economic advantages of slavery fell pretty heavily upon Forrest and that he did, indeed, display a them or us mentality both during the war and as head of the Klan.