A Hard Truth to Portray

scone · #1 06-05-2005, 07:12 PM

A Hard Truth to Portray
Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News Sun, 05 Jun 2005 2:30 AM PDT
There are positions open for slaves at the Bratton plantation. Applicants must be willing to pick cotton, drink the master's liquor, gossip, sing spirituals, mourn the dead. The job is unpaid. Starts immediately.

johan_steele · #2 06-05-2005, 10:20 PM

A good story Steve, intriguing, something often dodged in this day and age.

scone · #3 06-06-2005, 02:18 AM

It is good too See .. I would like to see more of it done.. It is Part of our history ..

As Morgan Freeman says in the special edition of the movie Glory..
"I didn't believe in black history month or any history month.. There is history and you and I are part of it."

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Originally Posted by johan_steele

A good story Steve, intriguing, something often dodged in this day and age.

sockknitter · #4 06-06-2005, 11:30 AM

You can hear a 29 minute streaming broadcast of "Living History in Colonial Williamsburg" originally broadcast in September 2004 on the Sound Print program. I had to download a fresh Real Player application before being able to hear this. You can also order a copy of the broadcast at this site.

It is the words of Brigett (sp?) Houston, who's portrayed Colonial slavery for 24 years at Williamsburg. Her character is Eve, slave to Mistress Randolph.

http://www.soundprint.org/radio/disp...l+Williamsburg