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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (90923)	12/11/2004 1:16:21 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (3) of 108807

Yes, the people who came to America were totally evil! They brought Africans here and enslaved them, and slaughtered most of the Indians as well. My family was here by the first decade of the 1600s, and owned plantations in Maryland. When I started to do my genealogy I discovered that Jefferson Davis's family were our in laws. Some of my ancestors left journals about killing Indians. Imagine my surprise! "In your mind would the world be a better place in 2004 if the population of the Americas still consisted of nomadic tribes wandering the landscape?" Yes, of course. I think the story of America and its affect on the rest of the world has been less than positive in many aspects. Incidentally there were many kinds of Indian tribes with complex civilizations. Not all were nomads (which I assume you are meaning as an insult). The first wave of Irish people came here to escape the Potato Famine in the late 1840's, and helped build the transcontinental railroad. I have more compassion for people who immigrate trying to find something to eat than some of the religious refugees. I wish fewer really religious people had come to America, because I think we are still living with the after-effects.

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