Subject: slavery

From: paul <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 03:02:39 -0400

COULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME ANY INFORMATION ON SLAVERY THAT YOU HAVE.
MY DAUGHTER IS DOING A REPORT ON THE SUBJECT AND COULD USE INFO ON THE
FOLLOWING:
        1)WHERE AND HOW DID THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY BEGIN IN THE UNITED
STATES?
        2)WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE FOR A SLAVE ON A PLANTATION?
        3)WHO AND HOW DID THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT AFFECT THE INSTITUTION OF
SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATED?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP,
PAUL

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From: Matt Simmons <[email-masked]>
Date: 23 Apr 1997 10:19:20 -0500

>         1)WHERE AND HOW DID THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY BEGIN IN THE UNITED
Slavery began a few years ago with the ascendancy of the Wintel
platform.  Before Wintel, the world was a happy place.  People used
whatever type of computer they wanted, and were able to use programs
that were small, efficient, and relatively bug free!  It was a happy time.

>         2)WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE FOR A SLAVE ON A PLANTATION?
Happily, though my computer does have an Intel processor, and though
two of the partitions contain MS products (95 & NT), my primary OS is
Solaris, so I don't have to experience slavery that often.

> SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATED?
If you're talking about the Justive Department, well, they didn't
quite succeed (or at least not yet - knock on wood).  They gave up
after getting a consent decree that didn't really do anything.  As for
the future, one can only hope