Re: [Sansevierias] Naughty Taxonomists

Uh, no, the folks in the attached image are all in 19th century garb. I
can't say they're definitely slaves, but it's certainly a racially-themed
public punishment. You must have linked the wrong image.

- Dave


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Hermine Stover <
[email protected]> wrote:

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> At 03:39 AM 10/16/2013, you wrote:
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> >It would have been better to use a different painting, this is of a
> >slave hanging.
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> No it is not, it is of the punishments given out by the mayflower
> crew, pilloried and flogged and so forth. Roger had a Mayflower
> ancestor who was something of a rogue and one can read up on the
> various ways in which he was tied up, and after how many hours he was
> set free.
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> I would not use a slave hanging photo as a JOKE for any reason.
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