[Ditto]

Well, you may not like it, but here is what the University of Virginia said based on the 1860 Census. Again, this is families, not individuals. And obviously, most probably owned a few, while a small percentage owned many.

Mississippi: 49% South Carolina: 46% Georgia: 37% Alabama: 35% Florida: 34% Louisiana: 29% Texas: 28% North Carolina: 28% Virginia: 26% Tennessee: 25% Kentucky: 23% Arkansas: 20% Missouri: 13% Maryland: 12% Delaware: 3%

Source: https://faculty.weber.edu/kmackay/selected_statistics_on_slavery_i.htm

[FLT-bird]

I saw and he based his calculation for families on what they said. It came to 19.9% of families. That’s possible. 5.63% and you extrapolate that out. You come to just under 20% of families.

Obviously in some areas it would have been very prevalent and in other areas not at all.

[DiogenesLamp]

Oh no! Some liberal faculty members created data to reinforce what they already wanted to believe!

What shall we do?