Re: [Sansevierias] Naughty Taxonomists
Hermine Stover <[email protected]>
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At 09:27 AM 10/16/2013, you wrote: > > >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 NOBODY IS BEING LYNCHED IN THIS ILLUSTRATION. There is no gallows. Public punishments in this period were common, and indentured white people and white slaves were also part of the culture of the time. I am a scholar of the period of which you speak, and the illustration and art which it preserves. I hope nobody is making a case for me being insensitive to SLAVERY. Black people had black and Native American Slaves at some period in our American history. The Mayflower passenger from which my husband is descended was an indentured servant. Not truly a freeman. I believe there were only two such lowly stationed persons on the Mayflower. He is also a descendent of one of the first women hung as witches during the Salem witch trials, Mary Towne Eastey. hermine ------------------------------------ ALL postings to this list are © to the original writer. Postings may not be shared elsewhere without written permission from the writer. To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sansevierias/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sansevierias/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/