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mahatmakanejeeves

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5. Letters to the Editor: A bizarre history book

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Mon Aug 10, 2020, 01:23 PM

Aug 2020

Letters to the Editor • Opinion

A bizarre history book

August 9, 2020 at 5:38 p.m. EDT

Regarding Bennett Minton’s Aug. 2 Outlook essay, “The lies our textbooks told my generation of Virginians about slavery”:

I was a few years ahead of Mr. Minton in Arlington County elementary school, but I have never forgotten that bizarre history book. Once, at the dinner table (another historic artifact), I asked my dad whether enslaved people weren’t better off before emancipation than after. I’m glad he took the time to disabuse me of that notion. How many students my age never had the occasion to question what they were reading?

Dave McCord, Arlington

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The lies our textbooks told my generation of Virginians about slavery [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 OP

It's good to remember that history is always written by the Top Dogs, Winners and Victors. abqtommy Aug 2020 #1

If only there was A People's History of the US. safeinOhio Aug 2020 #2

Howard Zinn's book was a big eye-opener for me. LastDemocratInSC Aug 2020 #4

IMHO Lincoln was wrong ... GeorgeGist Aug 2020 #3

Letters to the Editor: A bizarre history book mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 #5