DUELING VISIONS OF THE OLD SOUTH


	DUELING VISIONS OF THE OLD SOUTH

ellington

9-12-2009 2:49 PM

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DRAYTON HALL IS DEVOID OF RESTORED FURNITURE AND OTHER PERIOD DECORATIVE TOUCHES --- CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA

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9-22-2009 11:24 AM

zizzy

It’s just so pregnant with controversy and bitterness and racism inherited from generation to generation. My generation, we’re kind of over that, we’ve risen above it; we’re in a different time.

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