To: cicero2k
“50% of Southern financial assets were slaves.”
Where did you get this information?
5 posted on
12/30/2013 5:41:00 PM PST by
dljordan
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To: dljordan
7 posted on
12/30/2013 5:49:11 PM PST by
ought-six
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To: dljordan
It was either in or about the Killing Lincoln book by BOR.
It’s not an exact number, it is a magnitude.
8 posted on
12/30/2013 6:24:01 PM PST by
cicero2k
To: dljordan
“50% of Southern financial assets were slaves.” Its possible.
The South was run by democrats at the time.
15 posted on
12/30/2013 6:54:45 PM PST by
tsomer
To: dljordan; cicero2k; ought-six; DBCJR
Cicero2k appears to be correct. In the South in 1860, 48% of wealth was in slaves. (In 1850, it was 45%.)
(Source) Scroll down to Table 4.
21 posted on
12/30/2013 7:49:08 PM PST by
JeepersFreepers
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