“Your claim that they (slave marriages) are documented by the census is not supported by any evidence you've offered to date”?
Are you nuts? How could your research (?) be anything but biased.
Hey stand! Get a load of the bias from this poster!
Look, I'll save you some trouble and will do the research for you non-sequitur. Here it is, and feel free to quote me:
“Lo and behold, PeaRidge........I cannot find a bit of information on slave marriages from this author. Therefore, the census data does not exist!. So there”
How does that sound to you? And since we all know you will not do the research, don't bother asking me for other sources.
as i've said MANY times, N-S is NOT ashamed that he constantly posts PROPAGANDA, "out of context " quotes, PHONY sources & oftentimes outright falsehoods.
being a deceiver is as natural to a DAMNyankee as slithering is to a snake.
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No thanks, I can do the research for myself. Amazing what you can find on the internet these days. For example, the Census Bureau still posts information on past census on their site. Now, I'll walk you through this so try and follow along, it get's a bit complex:
First go to this site 1850 Census. It allows you to download the 1850 census data.
Second, look at the box that says, "[Compendium] Statistical view of the United States, embracing its territory, population—white, free colored, and slave—moral and social condition, industry, property, and revenue...," Look to the right and you'll see the option to view a PDF or download a zip file. You're going to want to download the zip file. It's 67-plus meg so I do hope you don't have dial-up.
Once downloaded click on the zip file and un-zip it. You'll wind up with 11 pdf's. You'll want to open the one titled "1850c-04". Scroll to page 12.
Look at the bottom of page 12 where it gives the description of the "Birth, Marriages, and Deaths" table. Second paragraph, and I quote: "The Marriages of slaves are not noted in the Census. They take place, upon average, much earlier than those of the whites or free colored, and are probably more productive. But no exact information on an extended scale exists upon this point."
Now, you want to tell me again how the census tallied slave marriages?
And as much as I would like to take credit for this research, I owe it to all a fellow FReeper who emailed me the information, a gentleman who I have a tremendous amount of respect for and who has obviously had as big a belly full of your pompous bullshit as I have.