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gingerwentworth1's avatar

I grew up in New England and all the origins of the colonies we studied were the founders of Massachusetts and Rhode Island-- various groups of Protestant rebels who arrived here in flight from oppressive religious practice. They were poor and strait-laced. As is well-understood, Mayflower passengers were mere 'penniless nobodies.' That's how the New England colonies were settled and that's where abolition originally came from. I don't know if this is mentioned in the 1619 Project. I'm too scared to read it, but Puritanism STILL distinguishes us from say, France, Spain and Italy.

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Fred Farkleshine's avatar

Here is a example of a literacy test given out in Louisiana in the 1950's! Scroll down for the test!I doubt many Trumpsters could pass it today!

https://www.ferris.edu/HTML...

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