On 4/06/2017 6:39 AM, grfireball@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Sunday, July 27, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, broye wrote:   
   >> This weekend my father started to lecture me on the origins of Sears   
   >> and Roebucks.  His version of how Sears started is one I have been   
   >> hearing for about twenty years.  And when I asked my dad as well as   
   >> the other people who told me this version for some documentation.   
   >> everyone falls short.  In short I have heard that Sears and Roebuck   
   >> were partners and that Roebuck was a black man who some how got   
   >> cheated out his partnership and hie name was dropped hence the name   
   >> Sears only.   
   >>   
   >> Can anyone provide me with a source for this version.  I have never   
   >> been able to verify it.  I there some text that has a primary source   
   >> (e.g. paper of incorporation, etc that validate this I would be   
   >> grateful.  But it seems to me the cheated black man of Sears and   
   >> Roebuck is an Urban legend. Thanks.   
   >   
   > I have heard that Roebuck was a black man for over 50 years. I am not at all   
   surprised that this part of his history has been deleted out.   
   >   
      
   What colour was he for the other 34 years of his life?   
      
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   Eric "Searing wit" Hocking   
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