Comments on: Maurice’s BBQ in Columbia, SC takes down Confederate Battle Flag.

By: Joe Moye

Joe Moye — Mon, 16 May 2011 06:30:19 +0000

How about emailing him to thank him for flying our flag? So few business do nowdays.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:33:20 +0000

I read somewhere I while ago and just typed it in and came up with this. If its true how can people say whites are racists b/c of the flag when its clearly herritage. AND that also a few of the top slave owners from back then were black? These include individuals such as Justus Angel and Mistress L. Horry, of Colleton District, South Carolina, who each owned 84 slaves in 1830. In fact, in 1830 a fourth of the free Negro slave masters in South Carolina owned 10 or more slaves; eight owning 30 or more (2). Has anyone else heard this to be true? This is where i found it: http://americancivilwar.com/authors/black_slaveowners.htm

By: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:58:32 +0000

I am ashamed to say that I worked for this man, however; I am proud to say, these flags were always bought brand new! NEVER DRYCLEANED! What a fake!

By: Mary Donohue

Mary Donohue — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:01:51 +0000

I am a dam Yankee who planted roots in Columbia, SC some 31 years ago. We have been eating at Piggy Park for all of those 31 years until I got Celiac Sprue Disease (intolerance to gluten) and was never offended by the Rebel flag flying outside.
The rebel flag is part of southern history and reminds me every time I see it that we should never again hold another person in bondage as the southern states did. No one ever said you have to read, look at or buy the material he sells about the south. Piggy Park has the best BBQ in the state as far as I am concerned.

By: Mark J. Goluskin

Mark J. Goluskin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:56:22 +0000

My wife and I were visiting South Carolina last year and after touring the state capitol, we asked the tour guide for the best bbq, and Maurice's was recommened. Mind you, we are from, get ready, California. I am native born. We went and I for one fell in love with it. I thought that it was gutsty for Maurice to fly the Battle Flag. Since the Union side won the Civil War, I really do not get worked up over those that fly the Battle Flag. It is part of our AMERICAN heritage. People should not get so worked up over it. I even bought a Confederate flag in Charleston on our visit. I am disapointed with Maurice taking down the Battle Flag. BTW, I do not remember seeing any racist material but there was A LOT of material. I just thought it was the best pulled pork I ever had !

By: GoodOldRebel

GoodOldRebel — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:15:04 +0000

I have seen literature that stated that the relationship between master and slave was not often as bad as it is made out to be. I am sure that was true in some cases and in other cases there were absolutely instances of severe abuse. The difference is, the worst cases of abuse were held up as normal behavior by the northern abolitionist propaganda machines. Just like with anything else, I think you have to think about it in a historical context. Back then, just as today, the "media" is really only interested in broadcasting information that supports their own viewpoints rather than being impartial.

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By: GoodOldRebel

GoodOldRebel — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:12:12 +0000

The institution of Slavery was dieing on the vine in the Southern State at the outbreak of the War. In fact, the Confederate Constitution expressely prohibited the further importation of Slaves from outside the exisiting states of the Confederacy. I believe that the founders of that nation saw the writing on the wall and were agreeable to letting Slavery die of natural causes in the South just as it had done throught the rest of the world during the past century. That war was NOT about slavery.

However, I don't know which literature you are speaking of directly but if it was from a viewpoint that Slavery was not the foundation for the war, I support it wholeheartedly. If it was from the standpoint that slavery should be reinstituted then I condemn it and can see how it would be viewed as racist but frankly, I've never seen any brochure that said something as abhorrent.

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By: Matt Taylor

Matt Taylor — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:15:22 +0000

I wasn't botherd by the Confederate flag flying when I visited, but I was bothered by the banquet table filled with racist, pro-slavery literature when we went inside. I can understand why southerners would want to fly a flag that represents their heritage and how they would be offended that people would say they are just being racist, but the hand-outs being offered at Maurice's prove that he's a racist.

If you want people to take your show of Southern Heritage seriously you should dissassociated from and denounce people like Maurice Bessinger.