tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post980123992719891726..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: E-Topiatruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-18194358051433250662011-01-06T12:45:06.971-08:002011-01-06T12:45:06.971-08:00Who knows? - a Victorian man, rooted in a Christia...Who knows? - a Victorian man, rooted in a Christian society, could have come to anti-slavery convictions whatever his family background; and, IIRC, James Douglas never talked about his roots, which is why there was later so much speculation about them. He also had a half-Cree wife; a "country marriage" was common among fur traders but I think this open fact became more of a problem for his daughters in maintaining their status in later BC high Society than was his mysterious partial blackness.truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-43115730567182819222011-01-06T12:20:14.822-08:002011-01-06T12:20:14.822-08:00I admit, my link takes us to a year-old story... I...I admit, my link takes us to a year-old story... I just felt it was the more glaring example of censoring history, for re-writing the very title of the book, in addition to the contents, compared to the current Huckleberry Finn example. <br /><br />That's interesting to learn about our first governor... do you suppose that had a direct influence on why he was such an abolitionist, and why he was so committed to ending slavery among the many native tribes during his tenure as governor of BC?Charles Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168475254263681673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-79643549965065219152011-01-06T10:27:12.308-08:002011-01-06T10:27:12.308-08:00Actually, Niger Innis (!), from your Fox News link...Actually, Niger Innis (!), from your Fox News link, is a step behind the ball. They are rewriting <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/new-edition-of-mark-twain-to-remove-racial-slurs/story-fn3dxity-1225981535954" rel="nofollow">Mark Twain</a>.<br /><br />I don't know who Niger Innis is but funnily enough seeing the name reminds me of the "Black Douglases". Back in the late nineteenth century when society in British Columbia was gelling and looking back on its early mid-century history, some people were embarassed by the fact that the first Governor of the colony, James Douglas, looked Black. In fact his mother was a Guyanese Creole; his father a Scottish merchant but I'm not sure if this was then known by many. <br /><br />A story went around of the "Black Douglases" - supposedly, there was a branch of the Scottish family that was famously dark-skinned for some unknown reason!truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.com