Comments on: Historical amnesia in the American South http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/03/historical-amnesia-in-the-american-south/ Exploring the Legacy of Slavery and Race in the United States Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:47:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bobbo http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/03/historical-amnesia-in-the-american-south/comment-page-1/#comment-3601 bobbo Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:59:51 +0000 http://living.jdewperry.com/?p=1376#comment-3601 Some years ago I enjoyed visiting some of the beautiful antebellum plantation living museums around Charleston. Magnolia Plantation was especially nice with local gals dressed up in the finest multi-layered petticoat fashions of the day. Always gave me a thrill the response I got to asking "Where are the slave quarters?" Also reminds me of a discussion in the 70's I had with my girlfriends father about the low academic performance of South Carolina secondary schools. His response was SC scored higher before they were required to educate the blacks. He looked just like the Magnolia Tour Guides when I asked him if the blacks didn't deserve an education as well. Some years ago I enjoyed visiting some of the beautiful antebellum plantation living museums around Charleston. Magnolia Plantation was especially nice with local gals dressed up in the finest multi-layered petticoat fashions of the day.

Always gave me a thrill the response I got to asking “Where are the slave quarters?”

Also reminds me of a discussion in the 70’s I had with my girlfriends father about the low academic performance of South Carolina secondary schools. His response was SC scored higher before they were required to educate the blacks. He looked just like the Magnolia Tour Guides when I asked him if the blacks didn’t deserve an education as well.

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