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Quakers and Bloody Harlan

The Quakers of the American Friends Service Committee fed Harlan County’s most desperately hungry children between fall 1931 and spring 1934.

The Signs Followers of southern Appalachia prefer not to be called “snake-handlers,” but “serpent-handlers”—the Bible’s KJV translation.

The park’s centerpiece: world’s largest display of the 10 Commandments. Letters 5 ft tall, 4 ft wide, spelled out in white-painted concrete.

Unquestioningly, the Bible holds some of the greatest wisdom ever shared with mankind. But, when fallible mortals twist that wisdom…

Among the Appalachian people, it’s known as the Blood Verse, and it is probably the most controversial aspect of hillbilly witchcraft.

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