Saturday, May 16, 2026

IN 1967, I TRAVELED TO BRISTOL, ENGLAND AND LIVED IN A SMALL CASTLE NEAR SNEYD PARK

I LIVED IN ENGLAND FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS, THEN WENT ON TO THE LAND OF WALES TO DO SOME RESEARH ON MOTHER HARRIS WHICH CAME FROM THERE TO JOIN THE MORMON CHURCH.  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 WORTH OF MONEY, BUT KEPT THE ACCOUNT BOOK WITH ME. I ASKED SOMEONE WHY IT IS CALLED BLACK BOY HILL AND I WAS DIRECTED DOWN TO WHITE LADIES STREET. A POLICE TYPE GUARD WAS POSTED THERE AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE HUNDREDS OF PRISONER TYPE CELLS WERE  FOR. IT WAS A QUSTION 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. 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 LADIES WERE DRESSED IN WHITE, AND THE SLAVES WERE KEPT IN FAMILIES UNLESS THE LADY WANTED TO SPILT THEM UP. WHEN THE SLAVES CUT DOWN ON BRINGING THEM, THE MIDLAND BANK DID TOO AND WENT BROKE.






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