I'm wondering if the P.C. Northerners are associating this innocent phrase with "sold down the river" which may be Politically Incorrect as it refers to a practice in time of slavery in U.S. A. when rebellious slaves might be sold to brokers who supplied workers for plantations in the deep South.
The river was the Mississippi, which flows from north to south down the middle of the US, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans. Work in the cotton fields and other crops in the heat and humidity of marshy area of eastern gulf states was not easy and many died of maleria, etc. in addition to being separated from family and friends. So, to workers in the border states, even the threat of being sold down the river was often enough to keep them in line. Now-a-days even a suggestion (by a white person) that slavery ever existed in the USA seems to be Politically incorrect. But it is part of our history, and "...who doesn't remember the past is doomed to repeat it" !! Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
