You might like to access an article I have written which has been posted on the following website: www.setallfree.net. Click on "Abolition" and then "People - Slavery Stories." There you will see the title: "Grimke-Drayton", which is my full surname. In the first part of the article, I deal with the family connections with Charleston in South Carolina. The Draytons in fact were among the first settlers to go over from Barbados to Charleston in the 1670s. At one time they owned 30 plantations. My great-great-grandfather was the younger brother of Rev.John Grimke-Drayton of Magnolia Gardens. In the second part of the article I have just mentioned I discuss the legacy of slavery from a Christian point of view.
I believe that reparations have to do with repairing of relationships between individuals and communities. BILL DRAYTON
Comments
This is embarrassing. Why can't you let it go and move forward? I'm a Christian and I'm not seeking reparations from the Romans. I'm raising my family, working and pursuing my personal interests (which are mostly to do with things that are fun). What you may not realize is that until you move on you're going to remain a slave to your past. What a shame. SCOTT
I am a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ and I am so pleased to know that someone of the Caucasian race understands the spiritual aspects of slavery. I think that if the government would at least, in support of reparations, acknowledge the problems which slavery has caused and enlighten the public, even the African Americans that are unaware of such problems, then that would surely please our Lord and Savior. While man struggles with this dilemma the country can continue to be BLESSED! TERRENCE