I read what you wrote, hunboldt. I don't even entirely disagree with it. I think it's a mite simplistic, overgeneralised, and if you'll forgive me, a touch smug.
Redneck you may be, but so am I. Only difference is I'm red everywhere else too. Hell, man I'm from Oklahoma.
Good. It was just the reality of the Black South experience. A heck of a lot of skills were ignored and underutilised. The Union had trouble getting cotton until they stated paying the Gullah a premium for it and s
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/blackcs.htm
supplying real trade goods.. Veggie growing, stock raising, etc. made 'more local sense'.
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