First you call me a liar, then you backtrack to self correction and rationalization by pleading confusion.
No, it was very clear. You stated that the “free population of the North had a ‘higher per capita income’.
Those were your exact words. They have been shown to be wrong in dozens of posts. However, as long as you continue to avoid the truth, I will correct you.
Then you say: “Although I doubt that the free population of the North had a lower income. Certainly the MEDIAN income of the North was much higher for the free population.”
Are you sure you want to make that statement?
You said: “Calculation of a per capita number which leaves out 1/3 of the population is like calculating a batting average by leaving out 200 at bats.”
As I have said, tell that to Parker or Fogel or Engerman.
That is not a direct quote from me. Don’t start lying about what I said after you posted the correct statement earlier.
I simply was not sufficiently clear that “it” applied to “the North” rather than the “free population”. I never tried to separate the citizens of the U.S.
The figures you posted listed the per capita income for the total population so they need no notice. They counted every at bat.