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Letters: Politcians with slave-owning ancestors not all wealthy

Por: The Advocate Opinion January 02, 2024

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Columnist Will Sutton in his column , castigates some of our local lawmakers with innuendo of inheriting wealth from the work of slaves generations ago. In the case of U.S. Rep Garret Graves, this insult won’t fly. Sutton states that “Graves’ ancestor Edmond Patin enslaved four people six generations ago.” That supposed wealth is long gone by 2023. This also implies that the Graves family is quite well-to-do. I know this family; they are... + full article



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