[Partisan Gunslinger]

I don't understand where your reference to barns and chains originated. I do remember that Jimmy-the-Greek was fired for saying less.

Slaves were never chained in barns in the south?

In terms of the peculiar institution, conditions then must have been harsh even by today's standards.

Not the Hilton, but God's rules were much better than the southern plantation owners rules.

[jeffersondem]

“Not the Hilton, but God’s rules were much better than the southern plantation owners rules.”

I didn’t make myself clear. I was referring to the peculiar institution in the northern and southern states when I wrote “conditions then must have been harsh even by today’s standards.”