[Leica] THe Bay 101 - The Underground Railroad

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

Jim:

I'm sure  de Tocqueville was right in his assessment but can you imagine 
had he done one on 20th century France? *1916*...grab your ankle men 
here come the Heinies..*1940*, o.k. men, you know the drill...now grab 
your ankles and run like hell. *1954*, "Sacre bleau, where did all these 
damn Vietnamese come from?" Somewhere in his dialogues he might have 
mentioned "those damn Yankees"

Walt

Jim Shulman wrote:

>It seems as though every pre-1860 house in this area is described as a "stop
>on the Underground Railroad."  Several years ago friend of mine used to give
>tours of their late 18th-century place, which they called "a rest stop on
>the Underground Railroad."  They'd say, with serious expressions, that
>Harriet Tubman stopped by for the bathroom and a TCBY yogurt cone.  
>
>Since the crowd usually nodded in agreement, my friends chalked it us to
>Tocqueville's assessment of Americans and their history.
>
>Jim Shulman
>Bryn Mawr, PA
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>It should be noted that Philadelphia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and
>New England were only stations on the Underground Rail Road due to the
>"Fugitive slave act" and the Dread Scott 
>Decision.  The final destination and only safe refuge was Canada.
>NF
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