2010-03-08

bcholmes: (haiti)
2010-03-08 07:19 pm

Carpet Baggers and Matthew 25

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THE CARPET BAGGERS ARE BUSY
MARCH 8, 2010

While studying about the American Civil War in elementary school I remember learning the term " Carpetbagger ", those people from the North who traveled to the South to make a profit from the devastation left by the war . Carrying their belongings in a satchel made from carpet material, they were given dubious title of "Carpetbaggers"

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