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Surprise! Former US President George W. Bush Is The Descendent Of A Slave Trader
http://www.africaeagle.com/2013/06/surprise-former-us-president-george-w.html
Historical archivists have discovered that a ruthless slave-trader, who transported slaves from West Africa to Colonial America, is indeed an ancestor of former presidents George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush.
Thomas Walker was a merchant from Baltimore who bought and sold West African slaves in the late 1700s. He married Catherine McLelland in 1785 while in Britain on business.
The two had three children: Rosetta, Thomas, and George, all born between 1785 and 1797.
One of these children, it is not clear who, would go on to have a son in 1875 who was the first George Herbert Walker.
George Herbert Walker’s daughter, Dorothy, then married Prescott Bush. The couple’s son and grandson became the 41st and 43rd presidents of the United States.
12 U.S. presidents have been discovered to have owned slaves, eight of whom did so when they were still in office.
Recovered accounts of Thomas Walker describe him as a cruel, almost sadistic slave-trader, who regularly abused his slaves.
“There could not possibly have been a more inhuman monster than this Walker. Many a poor seaman has been brought by him to an untimely end.”
This would explain why his own crew staged a mutiny against him in 1797 where they shot him to death and threw his dead body off the ship.
The Bush family spokesman is yet to comment on the findings.
The two had three children: Rosetta, Thomas, and George, all born between 1785 and 1797.
One of these children, it is not clear who, would go on to have a son in 1875 who was the first George Herbert Walker.
George Herbert Walker’s daughter, Dorothy, then married Prescott Bush. The couple’s son and grandson became the 41st and 43rd presidents of the United States.
12 U.S. presidents have been discovered to have owned slaves, eight of whom did so when they were still in office.
Recovered accounts of Thomas Walker describe him as a cruel, almost sadistic slave-trader, who regularly abused his slaves.
“There could not possibly have been a more inhuman monster than this Walker. Many a poor seaman has been brought by him to an untimely end.”
This would explain why his own crew staged a mutiny against him in 1797 where they shot him to death and threw his dead body off the ship.
The Bush family spokesman is yet to comment on the findings.
