Remains of 14 New York slaves given honorable re-burial - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-29T12:28:29Zhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/remains-of-14-new-york-slaves-given-honorable-re-burial?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A149978&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI like your post Miss Strumel…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-06-23:2477478:Comment:1499782016-06-23T00:44:36.826ZTom Berghanhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TomBerghan
<p>I like your post Miss Strumelia. <em>Very</em> interesting and good to see. And, I also like the fact that it indicates that the majority of us on this "ning" are <em>not</em> a bunch of racists. That is always "the elephant" in the room. </p>
<p>Rather we are people who enjoy American history and Early American Music, and as such we do not edit anything out. And, contrary to what a great many of the modern public think, <em>many</em> of the original Minstrel Artists of the antibellum…</p>
<p>I like your post Miss Strumelia. <em>Very</em> interesting and good to see. And, I also like the fact that it indicates that the majority of us on this "ning" are <em>not</em> a bunch of racists. That is always "the elephant" in the room. </p>
<p>Rather we are people who enjoy American history and Early American Music, and as such we do not edit anything out. And, contrary to what a great many of the modern public think, <em>many</em> of the original Minstrel Artists of the antibellum period were abolishionists and not racists. Of course many were racist . . . but certainly a great many were not as many of the lyrics indicate. Many of the songs are in the same spirit and vein as <span>Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which lit the fire for the abolishionist movement.</span></p>
<p><span>OK . . . starting to digress . . . I liked it! Best Wishes, Tom :-)</span></p> I missed it tootag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-06-20:2477478:Comment:1496562016-06-20T01:06:22.594ZPaul Draperhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper
I missed it too
I missed it too