tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223263059818367361.post2564407351571127443..comments2024-01-07T00:34:47.171-05:00Comments on Tananarive Due's Reading Circle: My Father's Oral History Mystery: Lyles Station and the 1857 "Round House Battle"Tananarivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113577630252549932noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223263059818367361.post-86326235943745709782009-07-08T07:53:15.097-04:002009-07-08T07:53:15.097-04:00Hello Tananarive,
What a great work you and your F...Hello Tananarive,<br />What a great work you and your Father have done! I find particular joy in it because I am a Lyles Station Descendant! My Grandfather's Uncle David Cole left from Princeton with John and Arthella Lyles on June 15, 1863 to go and fight in the Civil War with the 55th Massachusetts Colored Infantry. One of the battles where they fought was at Honey Hill in South Carolina.<br />Steve ColeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223263059818367361.post-78021751205102742542009-06-29T05:01:07.788-04:002009-06-29T05:01:07.788-04:00This is a wonderful story. It's great that you...This is a wonderful story. It's great that you have an actual story to go with your personal family past. Seems fighting for your freedom actually runs in your bloodline! Yes, it wasn't until I was an adult for many years that I learned the majority of actual slave owners weren't the stereotypical "plantation"-type. Most were owners of small plots of land that the slaves actually had more of a "say" on and the reality of who does the work and the worth of that was known. Know wonder it's referred to as the "peculiar" institution. That kind of makes you wonder because, for so long, the majority of the info we've received on slavery, like so much else, has been controlled and run through the filters of white people, which means they made themselves look worse on purpose. Or only wanted to perpetuate the idea of the worst of the slave owners. The only way that makes sense, to me, is some twisted idea that that would cause enough fear to maybe keep us down. Regardless, slavery, and being a slave in america, was just plain wrong and there was always a "fight" against it from this county's beginnings. It's just cool to see that your family had a direct hand in that fight way before (and just like they did in) the civil rights era.<br /><br />Stay strong in body and mind. Hope everything is well with you, Steve, Jason, and the rest of your family.Ashe Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080539043480727059noreply@blogger.com