"PECULIARITIES" OF MY PEOPLE
Earthly kinds produce in-kind. Thus every kind reproduces its own kind.
Gen. 1:24-27
"Our peculiar institution," slavery, produced very "peculiar people."
These peculiar people were those forcibly produced by that peculiar institution, slavery in the American South. They were once deemed to be, were actually proclaimed to be, the "cornerstone of a new nation" in the now infamous "Cornerstone Speech," given on March 21, 1861.
During his epic speech, delivered by Alexander Stephens of Virginia, at Savannah, Georgia, Stephens was then Vice President of the new Confederate States of America (CSA). It seceded over the issue of slavery and of its "peculiar people!"
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That asseveration by Stephens would make us, reestablish us, African descendants, as "peculiar people," who were produced by a "peculiar institution;" yet, who are kindred to, related to, a "peculiar people" prophesied in the Bible:
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation , a peculiar people; that ye should show forth praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." 1 Peter 2:9.
"Ain't that peculiar?" inquires our late, legendary, Marvin Gaye! His 1960s hit song lyrics' answer our "peculiarity" questions, perfectly:
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Sunday, February 19, 2017
"PECULIARITIES" OF MY PEOPLE
"PECULIARITIES" OF MY PEOPLE
Earthly kinds produce in-kind. Thus every kind reproduces its own kind.
Gen. 1:24-27
"Our peculiar institution," slavery, produced very "peculiar people."
These peculiar people were those forcibly produced by that peculiar institution, slavery in the American South. They were once deemed to be, were actually proclaimed to be, the "cornerstone of a new nation" in the now infamous "Cornerstone Speech," given on March 21, 1861.
During his epic speech, delivered by Alexander Stephens of Virginia, at Savannah, Georgia, Stephens was then Vice President of the new Confederate States of America (CSA). It seceded over the issue of slavery and of its "peculiar people!"
https://www.facebook.com/larry.d.coleman1/posts/10155151641033689
That asseveration by Stephens would make us, reestablish us, African descendants, as "peculiar people," who were produced by a "peculiar institution;" yet, who are kindred to, related to, a "peculiar people" prophesied in the Bible:
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation , a peculiar people; that ye should show forth praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." 1 Peter 2:9.
"Ain't that peculiar?" inquires our late, legendary, Marvin Gaye! His 1960s hit song lyrics' answer our "peculiarity" questions, perfectly:
https://play.google.com/…/prev…/T7gjccdhxieaki6vgy4736beeeq…

https://www.facebook.com/larry.d.coleman1/posts/10155151806298689