College Course: Most Slaves Were Happy
From Times Wire Reports
Black leaders and the leader of a state civil rights panel are incensed over a local college course whose teachers claim that most slaves were happy in captivity and that many served as loyal Southern soldiers. Officials at Randolph Community College in Archdale, N.C., stand behind the course. The Randolph County chapter of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People has threatened to file a formal complaint.
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