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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (77117)	6/3/2010 10:44:18 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

Southerners!!!! What country is that?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (77117)	6/3/2010 11:08:22 AM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 149317

you might enjoy this post from TNC: Especially the Blacks and the Irish Jun 2 2010, 10:00 AM ET \| Comment I mentioned yesterday that I was reading Roll Jordan Roll. I'm enjoying its primary source citations a bit more than its arguments. That could just be my personal bias toward story-telling. At any rate, here is a citation from Fanny Kemble, who journaled her time on her husband's Georgia plantation. She's discussing the reasons why the Irish immigrant laborers must be kept separate from the black slaves: continued... theatlantic.com this picture he includes is something...