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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Morocco #104887 06/04/2003 7:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain has few complimentary words about the Moors. But then he writes: " Many of the Negroes are held in slavery by the Moors. But the moment a female slave becomes her master's concubine her bonds are broken, and as soon as a male slave can read the first chapter of the Koran (which contains the creed) he can no longer be held in bondage. Which is far more civilized than the antebellum South of the US. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Morocco #104888 06/04/2003 7:21 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 far more civilized than the antebellum South Yeah, imagine what *they would have done to a Negro who could read the first chapter of the Koran. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Morocco #104889 06/04/2003 10:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 They'd have sold him for double his original price. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Morocco #104890 06/04/2003 11:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 double his original price I don't think so. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Morocco #104891 06/04/2003 11:46 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... wwh, what are you implying about the South? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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