Wow...

What was I thinking? I guess I can romanticize if I don't tell the truth...

definition:

–verb (used with object)

1.	to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to hold romantic notions, ideas, etc.

Romantic:

-fanciful; impractical; unrealistic:

-imbued with or dominated by idealism

-imaginary, fictitious, or fabulous

So what other option could there be but to tell the truth... I guess I must've held a belief somewhere that images I saw of Europeans of the era were the truth... all posed and gentile and innocent... just as if they had simple lovely lives as if by magic or the wonderful hand of God, not by the forced labor of African & Indian peoples... silly me, eh?

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So I found out some things about clothing & lifestyle of the enslaved (still researching about free black persons), also some about sharecroppers.

Making separate future posts.

Some keywords/notes:

-Osnaburg / Negro Cloth

-Bonnets

- Patterns (http://harriets.com/workdresses.htm )

- Google search [WPA slave narratives]

- Arkansas sharecroppers http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brown/photos.htm

- Stories from Dad and Unc

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I belong to a nice enuff forum for period clothing... I joined several (?) months ago and just revisited this morn and of course what do I surf click my way onto? these words written by a young lady (not on the forum but on her off site blog)

"I like to read Mr. Doug Phillips blog on the Vision Forum website. I have learned much from what I have read there. In the first half of this year, much of what he was writing was about our nations history and what our nation is now considering our nations history. It set me to thinking:

It is a sad day when our nation rejects God’s hand as a blessing in our history. When they call the early settlers “invaders”. When they say that Pocahontas was forced to become a Christian and was actually murdered! (That is not all they say about her.) When they call Captain John Smith (a true Christian) a liar. It is sad that all these things are happening, but they are true. When all these happen one begins to ask “why”.

Why are they making up these horrible stories? Why are they trying to rewrite history? I think it is because they want to get rid of the memory of God in history as much as possible.

They have already done their best to take the LORD’s hand out of the beginning of the earth and our creation. Now they want to take His hand out of our nations history as well. Our country does not want to admit that an omnipotent God exists. If they can rewrite history without Him, they will feel more comfortable. They will not be confronted with what the LORD has done if they erase it from the history books.

Our nation needs prayer. Our world needs prayer. We as Christians must pray for our fellow man and not only must we pray - we must shine. We must be a “light” to “the world.” We must be like the city on the hill that “cannot be hid.” (Matthew 5:14) We must shine for our King. We must show the world that He does exist. He created our world and us. He does have a hand in history. He created history. History is His Story!

Praise the LORD for what He has done in HIS-story!"

When I read this, of course my stomach started hurting... so many thoughts reeling. What are kids being taught and I would have to think by WHOM? Wow... It started to mess up my morn, but you know what, this has nothing to do with the truth that IS. I feel for these children. How horrible to be raised that there is a specific group that holds the hand of God and that God belongs to them so they can do whatever they want because it is under the hand of their God.

Anyways... prime example of why I will continue to fight all the psychotic tendencies and nuances embedded in American society and be ME... all of ME which embodies all truths of my ancestors. At least that is how I see it. May not be true for all. If I will not allow myself to be seen, truth will be hidden. To quote the child above We must be a “light” to “the world.” We must be like the city on the hill that “cannot be hid.” (Matthew 5:14) ... nuff said.