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Turtle
A passage from Harriet Tubman's Biography:

Nothing that comes to this remarkable woman ever surprises her. She says very little in the way of thanks, except to the Giver of all good. How the knowledge comes to her no one can tell, but she seems always to know when help is coming, and she is generally on hand to receive it, though it is never for herself she wants it, but only for those under her care.

I must not forget to mention the Indian girls of the Fort Wrangel School, who, having read a little notice of Harriet in the "Evangelist," went to work, and by their daily labor raised thirty-seven dollars which they sent to me for Harriet—and this school has been disbanded, and these educated girls have been sent back to their wretched homes, because our Government could not afford to support it any longer!

Pundita Ramabai went about this time to see Harriet and they had an interesting talk together. Here was a remarkable trio taking hold of hands—the woman from East India, the Indian girl from the far West, and the black woman from the Southern States only two removes from an African savage!

Henry123
Yes some Indians were taken to the Carribean; mostly to work as plantation workers. I have heard of a few cases of Indian women be taken as sex slaves.
iamxtien
africans were not the only minority that was in the U.S. during slavery times?.. everyone that had color or facial distinction were considered "colored" and inferior to white..
xxmiyaxx
Even now they still think that icon_rolleyes.gif and they think everybody should be like them icon_rolleyes.gif And whats worse, now there isnt a single cccountry left that not trying to be 'westernized' look at Bollywood, its already starting o become like the $hiti hollywood ...nothing but porn and more porn icon_rolleyes.gif
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