BUY & BURN CAMPAIGN……IS A DESIGNATED CAMPAIGN FUND ESTABLISHED TO PURCHASE AN ANTEBELLUM/PLANTATION MANSION AND BURN IT DOWN. THE FOUNDER TRAVELED THE NATCHEZ TRACE TRAIL FROM SOUTHEAST NASHVILLE, TN TO NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI. AT THE NATCHEZ VISITOR’S CENTER HE CAME ACROSS NEWSPAPER ADS OF THE 1830’S SELLING BLACK SLAVES. HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE….CERTAINLY NOT IN THE HISTORY BOOKS HE READ IN SCHOOL. HE WAS ALSO SERVED BY A BLACK STATE EMPLOYEE OFFERING MAPS AND INFORMATION IF HE SHOULD WANT TO TOUR SUCH A MANSION (FOR $20-25/25MINUTE TOUR). HE ALSO CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF THE PLANTATION MANSIONS ARE OWNED BY THE DESCENDENTS OF THE ORIGINAL OWNERS.
THE FOUNDER DOESN’T SEE WHY AMERICA SHOULD EMULATE THESE MANSIONS. OF COURSE, THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT DEMONSTRATIONS OF CRAFTMANSHIP WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR ARCHITECTURE, FURNISHINGS AND GARDENS…….BUT IT WAS ALL HAD BY ONE HAND (FAMILY) AT THE FORCED LABOR OF MANY HANDS. ARROGANCE OF ONE HAND WAS THE DRIVING FORCE/MOTIVATION THAT SAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE MORAL MONSTROSITIES. THEIR ARROGANCE SUPERSEEDED THEIR VERY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. COUNT THE NUMBER OF CHURCHES ON EVERY CORNER IN CHARLESTON, S.C.. NOW THEIR DESCENDENTS BENEFIT TODAY WITH PRIDE AND ASKING EVEN BLACK AMERICANS TO PAY TO TOUR WHAT THIER ANCESTORS PAID FOR. DESCENDENTS HOLD ILL-ACQUIRED POSSESSIONS THAT THEY PREFER TO EMULATE BY DEClARING THEM HISTORICAL TREASURES. ARROGANCE…..????…..PASSED DOWN.
AS FOLKS AGREE WE’LL PURCHASE THEN BURN DOWN AN ANTEBELLUM/PLANTATION MANSION . AFTERWARDS, IN IT’S PLACE WE’LL ERECT A MONUMENT WITH THE THEME – WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE SOUTH -. WHAT THAT MIGHT ENTAIL WE’LL LEAVE TO THE ARTIST(S).
