>maybe not during slavery, but once
>slavery was out black people
>were marrying, and were joining
>together in families. There
>have been plenty of stories
>where slaves from different plantations
>found each other after emancipation
>and then moved together for
>another life.

I think your perspective is a little too idealistic. I've been reading DuBois' The Souls of Black Folk recently and he talks about the cycle that was created by the evils of slavery. Yes it is true that many slaves did marry post-Emancipation but many did not stay together and the woman was left with a bunch of kids. Additionally you had those men that would travel all around the South sleeping with women in whatever town they called home at that time. This type of behavior is directly related to the destruction of the so-called Black family and Black sexuality during slavery. Today we see this behavior continue in our modern day paved plantations.

think on this.

-soundz

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The revolution is upon us!

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Numbers 11:29

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Malcolm X on the American Media and Propaganda
Feb, 16 1965 Rochester, NY