Let the blacks that got part of the $55 TRILLION robbed from the ussa economy pay that back...... THE PEOPLE are the agrieved party in this BS discussion about slavery... It’s been long over EXCEPT for the Dem/Libtard plantation free sheet programs.......that blacks willing take instead of bootstrapping... the Obamas are doing a great disservice to the blacks who listen to them and the al sharptons and rev wrights..... every immigrant group has bootstrapped themselves EXCEPT THE BLACKS..... if they dont like it LEAVE... we will pay for your ticket out...
Yes, that's somewhat similar to the ban on free Blacks in Illinois and other states without slavery that some people just love to talk about. That Illinois provision wasn't really enforced very strictly, though.
My guess is that there was some leeway in the slave states as well. If you were a free person of color and owned slaves, you demonstrated that you'd bought into the system and supported it and maybe you were less likely to be chased out.
Another effect of the law, though, is that free Blacks were very few in the Deep South and out of such a small population, it's possible that a not inconsiderable proportion may have owned a slave or two themselves.
It's also possible that the slaves that were "owned" were relatives of the Black owner that hadn't yet been emancipated. As always, more research is needed.
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and obama own many slaves.
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