tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post8516469647165567129..comments2024-03-29T10:58:59.565-04:00Comments on The Closet Professor: Gay PilgrimsJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-52774172876082248602010-12-15T21:42:06.449-05:002010-12-15T21:42:06.449-05:00Uncutplus, most people banished from Massachusetts...Uncutplus, most people banished from Massachusetts or the Plymouth Colony were banished to either Connecticut or Rhode Island. Some were sent to the other part of Massachusetts, what later became Maine in 1819. The sources I read, never said where John Alexander was banished to, but these are my best guesses. I am glad you liked this post.<br /><br />BTW, in the South, homosexuals tended to be treated like the mentally ill, they kept them in the attic (not the closet). Plus, Southerners were more adept at being discreet. William Faulkner wrote about two brothers who kept a black male slave to serve their sexual needs. At least that is how it was explained to me by one of the preeminent Faulkner scholars when I took his class and he made us read Go Down, Moses. The practice of having male sex slaves was better documented in South America because of the Inquisition than the Southern US, which as I said before tended to be more discreet. Female slaves used as sexual objects by men is quite well documented, but the men used for homosexual dalliances was kept quieter.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-83075665220395255572010-12-12T17:07:34.658-05:002010-12-12T17:07:34.658-05:00So where did poor John Alexander go when he was ba...So where did poor John Alexander go when he was banished. It's not like there were a lot of towns or villages nearby, except those of the native Americans. Maybe he found an Indian male who was able to comfort his wounds.<br /><br />This is one of your more interesting posts, Joe. Some time ago in my research, I read the minutes of Flat River Primitive Baptist Church. The church often sat as judge and jury for transgressors. I remember a number of them being penalized for adultery, but I don't remember any mention of homosexuality.Uncutplushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456398466578990531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-65245570415733413332010-11-28T22:26:35.546-05:002010-11-28T22:26:35.546-05:00Mike, it is one of the few great things about revi...Mike, it is one of the few great things about revisionist and social history. They do tend to look at the people on the fringes. Happy Thanksgiving to you too.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-90300163497867200682010-11-25T14:45:21.737-05:002010-11-25T14:45:21.737-05:00Happy Thanksgiving to you, Joe!Happy Thanksgiving to you, Joe!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03866077134601099787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-7000700116077907692010-11-25T14:44:54.395-05:002010-11-25T14:44:54.395-05:00Who would have thought?
That's really nice t...Who would have thought? <br /><br />That's really nice that sexuality is at least being acknowledged.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03866077134601099787noreply@blogger.com