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The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for August 15, 2012
August 14, 2012
August 16, 2012
Transcript:
Riley: Is it true that hundreds of years ago black people were brought to America as slaves from Africa and most died on the way here? Granddad: Yes. Riley: Well... good thing you made it. Granddad: I wasn't there!!
Spamgaard over 12 years ago
Yeah, he only lived through the Jim Crow era… which is making a comeback (though now it’s aimed at poor people instead of black people).
Miserichord over 12 years ago
Not necessarily.There were a few free black colonists, and a larger number who came as indentured servants rather than slaves in the early 17th Century.