Thanks, Ard, glad you enjoyed it. I often wonder about my ancestors as I know several of them were slave owners, in fact one came from Barbados with over 100 slaves. I know it was the fact of the times, but I wonder how they would feel if they knew my daughter married a man from Antigua and my precious grandsons are mixed race.

I found that accout so moving and tragic as well as so matter of fact in the telling. Like Dicho, I think there is incredible material there for ballad-writers. I also agree that we need to remember the conditions of other minorities in our country and to keep the past in perspective. I think the person who put up those narratives did a good job, on the main page, of explaining the reason for leaving them in the vernacular and not changing them for today's more sensitive tastes.

All the best,

kats (I like that!*bg*)