[ladyjane]

...self determination to white Southerners, you know, like slave owners.

Just a reminder. There were thousands of blacks who were slave owners.

[CodeToad]

“Just a reminder. There were thousands of blacks who were slave owners.”

More importantly, a black man started slavery in the new World by owning another black man. Anthony Johnson sued to enslave John Casor.

[Kenny Bunk]

.....thousands of blacks who were slave owners....

Heavens to Betsey! Please do not mention this during Black History Month. A good many free African-Americans fought for the Confederacy and a good many more, although still slaves, performed many military and semi-military services and considered the Yankees the "enemy."

But this is now a topic.