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Old 09-18-2017, 02:45 PM
 
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https://www.bing.com/search?q=was+el...FORM=QBRE&sp=1

Looks like there is some questions on it. ???
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Old 09-18-2017, 02:48 PM
 
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https://www.bing.com/search?q=was+el...FORM=QBRE&sp=1

Looks like there is some questions on it. ???
Nope he was white.

He was born in 1765 in Massachusetts to a wealthy farming family, he went to Yale, he married Jonathan Edwards’ granddaughter, and he died in 1825.
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Old 09-18-2017, 02:57 PM
 
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This makes me angry on so many levels.
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Old 09-18-2017, 02:58 PM
 
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It's idiotic people like these that make race relations far worse in our country, by focusing on the most inane things in life.

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/hobby-l...192821026.html

My Prediction.

Hobby Lobby will be making tons more money.
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Old 09-18-2017, 02:59 PM
 
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nope and nope.
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Old 09-18-2017, 03:02 PM
 
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All the sites that claim he was a black slave have no pictures of him.lol
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Old 09-18-2017, 03:05 PM
 
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nope and nope.
What kind of link is that?? Bing? Reddit?
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Old 09-18-2017, 03:09 PM
 
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What kind of link is that?? Bing? Reddit?
Bing, I won't do Google anymore.
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Old 09-18-2017, 03:10 PM
 
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I thought a black man, Eli Whitney, invented the cotton gin to harvest cotton, a great invention for sure----oh well let's bury that history too.
Eli Whitney was a white guy born in MA.
It is said that his patent for the cotton gin was stolen from a Black slave but it has never been proven.
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Old 09-18-2017, 03:14 PM
 
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'Deeply offensive' Burnsville High School homecoming sign comes under fire | Star Tribune
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