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this comment is related not to this post, refreshing though it is, but rather to the previous lively discussion about the anti-slavery movement, John Brown, Baha's viewpoints. etc:

I just found out Thaddeus Stevens' home in Lancaster was recently discovered as a stop on the Undergound Railroad--only about a mile from where I live. Another controversial figure in his day. Your article, plus stories told to me by a friend, an 82 year old woman, African American, devout Christian, loves our devotional gatherings and study circles, are prompting my desire to learn more. It seems as a child, one of 20 siblings, growing up in Christiana (site of 1850 anti-slavery riot), my friend, her brothers and sisters, too, played in tunnels that were part of Underground Railroad. And her grandfather was one of those escaped slaves who had taken refuge there

My thought: a lot of history has been physically buried, and/or distorted by historians, and perhaps should be uncovered and placed in perspective of the relationship to what was happening at those very times in the East, at the dawn of the New Day, and how the forces being released by the coming of the new Manifestations stirred America.
When sacrifices of those people who went before us, insightful souls who somehow recognized all are equal before God, are acknowledged, we can move forward, in my opinion. And, yes, they, and we, are all flawed individuals, including the slave-holding founding fathers of this country. Yet, "All are His servants, and all abide by His bidding." --we can decide how and if all were players in moving America forwards to it's destiny of bearers of the healing message of Baha'u'llah, and (bottom line) be inspired to play our part in healing our nation and world.
Judith

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