http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/25/style/IDLEDE26.php

     I found this article interesting and when I actually dug deeper I found some interesting things you probably were never taught in public school, I know I wasn't.  There were times the history of our country where white slaves were taken from foreign countries, imprisoned on a boat, sent over here to America and sold into slavery.  Here is quote from the above article:

"If anything, Jordan and Walsh offer an explanation of how the structures of slavery - black or white - were entwined in the roots of American society. They refrain from drawing links to today, except to remind readers that there are probably tens of millions of Americans who are descended from white slaves without even knowing it."

     I was suprised to discover previously that at one time in this country there were more black slave owners than white.  Now to discover that there were also white people who were slaves and in some cases owned by black slaveowners this puts a different perspective on the whole debate about race and prejudice in this country.  Here's a quote:

"To return to the census figures quoted above, this 28 percent is certainly impressive when compared to less than 1.4 percent of all American whites and less than 4.8 percent of southern whites. The statistics show that, when free, blacks disproportionately became slave masters."

     This is from this article: http://www.americancivilwar.com/authors/black_slaveowners.htm

     I don't know why but as a white guy this makes feel less guilty.  Especially since we have people making us feel guilty for not voting for a black man.