[Ads-l] "seasoning" [Was: More Facebook-ing]

Fri Jul 10 13:36:53 UTC 2015

Not all slaves imported to the continental colonies came through the Caribbean -- and, I suspect, very few of those imported to their successor states.

Joel
      From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 12:18 AM
 Subject: Re: [ADS-L] More Facebook-ing

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Slaves on their way to the Continental Colonies and their successor states stoppedoff in the Caribbean for "seasoning" - a form of basic training similar to
what's called "breaking," ...

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-Wilson

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