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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see the issue. It's history.

[b]Do you also not tour houses like Mount Vernon? [/quote][/b]

Mount Vernon is a museum. And they talk a lot about slavery there. Similarly, former concentration camps are now essentially museums.

Not all museums are appropriate for weddings.[/quote]
Barely, they barely mention slavery at Mt. Vernon. In fact, they don't want to talk about it at all, if they had their way, the older generation there. How often do you hear that George dearest had over 150 slaves in a regular tour?[/quote]

Huh?  Outside of the house tour, almost all the outbuildings are slaves' quarters or work buildings.

Are you sure that you've been to Mt Vernon?[/quote]

Seriously -- They have a whole exhibit about the slaves he owned and the conditions in which they worked.

Now the plantation we visited outside Charleston was very different and we left regretting giving them money because they told us the slaves had good lives there ... [/quote]
This must be a new development. Usually slave life tours are offered only during certain months. Until few years ago, they avoided the word slave, and called them servants. Heck even now they say enslaved butler, etc...When I went none of that was mentioned, in winter. I am curious now as to how did they represent the life of slaves? Did they mention that Washington would not write about births of slave children in his ledger of possessions until they were older, cause they were not important as they were likely to die young? Do they 
 "show the ledger where cows and slaves are numerated next to each other? Notice it says "majority of enslaved laborers" hence giving it not such a strong connotation as "majority of slaves..." This is sugar coated version, never doubt that. Why did he not free them right away?? Does it say his cook ran away? Does it say Martha did not free any of her own slaves? [/quote]

If by "new", you mean in the last 30 yrs, then yes.  But they were talking about this the FIRST time I went to Mt Vernon in 1985.  Wait...that was HOW long ago?   :shock:  [/quote]

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