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old as dirt

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4. Not the Party of Family Separations.

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Sat Mar 26, 2022, 07:23 PM

Mar 2022

The party of Robert D Ray was the Party of Robert Smalls

Like so many enslaved people, Smalls was haunted by the idea that his family—his wife, Hannah; their four-year-old daughter, Elizabeth; and their infant son, Robert, Jr.—would be sold. And once separated, family members often never saw each other again.

The only way Smalls could ensure that his family would stay together was to escape slavery.

Listen to children who’ve just been separated from their parents at the border

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Some religious advice from a Republican Governor. (No, seriously!) [View all] old as dirt Mar 2022 OP

As a native Iowan, Ray was one of a few republicans I've ever voted for hauckeye Mar 2022 #1

Sadly, there's a word that one rarely sees in articles about his party these days. old as dirt Mar 2022 #2

The party of Robert D Ray was the Party of Robert Smalls old as dirt Mar 2022 #3

Not the Party of Family Separations. old as dirt Mar 2022 #4

Would holding a Bible upside down be enough? keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #5