[Brad from Tennessee]

[D’Souza pointed out there were free black slave owners back then, and furthermore, slavery was abominable, but the United States “fought a great war to end it.”]

The total death count of that war from all causes was roughly 750,000.

[driftless2]

The conundrum that black racialists like Dyson have is knowing that because of slavery, American blacks live on average far better lives than 99% of all African blacks. Is there an African Oprah Winfrey with three billion dollars? Unless she’s the wife of a typical African tyrant, the answer is no.