I LIVED IN ENGLAND FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS, THEN WENT ON TO THE LAND OF WALES TO DO RESEARCH ON MY MOTHER'S HARRIS KIN WHICH CAME TO AMERICA TO JOIN THE MORMON CHURCH IN 1855. AS I WALKED AROUND, I DECIDED TO PUT SOME MONEY IN ONE OF THE LARGEST BANKS IN THE BRITISH ISLES. IT WAS CALLED MIDLAND BANK AND I DEPOSITED 5 DOLLARS AND THREE CENTS, THEN WHEN I DEPARTED, I THOUGHT I WOULD WITHDRAW THE MONEY, AND TAKE MY TEN DOLLARS OF "SHILLINGS", BUT KEPT THE ACCOUNT BOOK WITH ME. I ASKED SOMEONE WHY THE BANK WAS LOCATED ON "BLACK BOY HILL" AND I WAS DIRECTED DOWN TO WHITE LADIES STREET FOR ALL MY QUESTONS. A POLICE TYPE GUARD WAS POSTED THERE AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE HUNDREDS OF PRISONER TYPE CELLS WERE FOR. IT WAS A QUESTION THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR, BUT FINALLY GAVE IN. THERE WAS A WATER WAY NEAR BY AND HE INFORMED ME THAT IS WHERE THEY BROUGHT ALL THE BLACK SLAVES FROM AFRICA TO BE SOLD IN AMERICA AS (FREE) SLAVES! THERE WERE HUNDERDS OF CELLS FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, BUT HADN'T BEEN USED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, IT WAS A PITIFUL SIGHT, AND IT WAS CALLED WHITE LADIES STREET, BECAUSE THE BUYERS WERE WOMEN WEARING ALL WHITE AND THE SLAVES WERE KEPT BY THE BUYER AND IN MOST CASES SHE WOULD USUALLY SPLIT THE FAMILY UP IF SHE OR HUSBAND DIDN'T APPROVE OF THEM. ABE LINCOLN FREED THE SLAVES, BUT IT TOOK A HUNDRED MORE YEARS BEFORE THE MIDLAND BANK WENT BROKE, WHO HELPED THE SLAVE OWNERS. I QUICKLY ASSUMED THAT ALL HISTORY BOOKS (LIKE MOST POLICIANS) NEGLECT TO TELL THE TRUTH; THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!

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