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Born on a farm. Died in a church. Clinton Burns, my ancestral cousin, grew up in western Pennsylvania in the 1850s when the slavery issue was red-hot and even fracturing families. Young Clinton got swept up in this cauldron of conflict.
Even the wood used for flag poles was politicized. A hickory pole was in honor of Andrew Jackson, âOld Hickory,â while anti-slavery sentiments were symbolized by poplar wood.
Clintonâs memoirs reveal his fatherâs feelings on the flag pole issue. âMy father thought slavery to be a sin against God, a crime against his fellow man, and a blot on our countryâs reputation. He used poplar wood.â
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