Happy Thanksgiving! Lincoln made it a national holiday to mark the saving of the republic from the Slave Power. Today the republic is in danger from the Trump regime. Let us continue to fight for the composite nation.
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Thanksgiving in my house. My German American husband carving a 20 pound turkey cooked by an Indian American for my students from the U.S., Japan, China and Argentina. No wonder our education system is being targeted by corrupt welfare capitalists and billionaire buffoons.
That is America right there. On Wednesday I went shopping couple ingredients in a very Mexican/ Central American urban neighborhood in New England. I have rarely felt so American. It could have been the Italian neighborhood 120 years ago!
Don't forget about Sarah Josepha Hale. She was an abolitionist who inspired Lincoln to turn Thanksgiving into a National holiday. The South went years before they embraced the holiday.
Not an abolitionist but yes she “discovered” the original Thanksgiving meal but ignored violence against the Wampanoags and other indigenous people subsequently, something that abolitionists highlighted.
You're right. Sarah Hale was not an abolitionist but played a small role in the abolitionist cause.
Also, Some of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes owned African slaves. They not only ignored the horrors of slavery but participated in it.
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Also, Some of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes owned African slaves. They not only ignored the horrors of slavery but participated in it.
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