Follow-up Comment #3, patch #3069 (project freeciv): I read an interested article recently in the London Review of Books[1] about the political debate around the time of the abolition of slavery, in particular during the Lincoln presidency. The topic was 'what to do' with blacks after abolition. The political (white) elite favored various apartheid-style schemes to establish an African American independent nation to where the black population was to be forcibly removed after abolition. The federal government had already secured, or was working on securing, territory in the Caribbean (Ile à Vache, off the coast of Haiti) or Latin America (parts of Panama). Some even suggested turning Florida into a black-only state.
This concept apparently had limited appeal to black leaders. The vast majority of them vehemently opposed such plans. They wished to stay in the United States and be allowed to settle wherever they wanted. So I guess what I wanted to get to with this little digression is that the concept of an African American nation (independent from the United States) in a game such as Freeciv might be controversial among black Americans themselves. Just my $0.1 :) [1] http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n23/nicholas-guyatt/a-topic-best-avoided (requires paid subscription to read the whole article, I'm afraid) _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://gna.org/patch/?3069> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Gna! http://gna.org/ _______________________________________________ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
