Did you know McCain's great-great grandfather owned 52 slaves?

[Cooley Hurd]

Of course, it's relevance is nil to today, but I found that fascinating...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._McCain%2C_Sr.#Family_and_marriage

William Alexander McCain (b. North Carolina, 1812 – d. 1863), Confederate States Army, owned a 2,000-acre (8.1 km²) plantation in Carroll County, Mississippi and 52 slaves.

[slinkerwink]

1. and that's the difference

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. Fun fact: Barack Obama's American ancestors also owned slaves.

WASHINGTON - Many people know that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's father was from Kenya and his mother from Kansas.

But an intriguing sliver of his family history has received almost no attention until now: It appears that forebears of his white mother owned slaves, according to genealogical research and census records.

The records - which had never been addressed publicly by the Illinois senator or his relatives - were first noted in an ancestry report compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner, who works at the Library of Congress and practices genealogy in his spare time. The report, on Reitwiesner's Web site, carries a disclaimer that it is a "first draft" - one likely to be examined more closely if Obama is nominated.

According to the research, one of Obama's great-great-great-great grandfathers, George Washington Overall, owned two slaves who were recorded in the 1850 census in Nelson County, Ky. The same records show that one of Obama's great-great-great-great-great-grandmothers, Mary Duvall, also owned two slaves.
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The research traces the Duvalls to Mareen Duvall, a major land owner in Anne Arundel County in the 1600s. The inventory of his estate in 1694 names 18 slaves, according to a family history published in 1952.

more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/politics/bal-te.obama02mar02,0,3453027.story

[malta blue]

3. Very interesting indeed....

don't you just love the innertubewebs?

:hi:

[TexasObserver]

4. His middle name "Sidney" was a favorite among Confederates.

Paying homage to Albert Sidney Johnston, a famed Confederate general.

[Avalon6]

5. If the positions were reversed, Obama would be asked to renounce his great-great grandfather

For owning slaves.