An interesting fact I just recently learned from Dinesh D’Souza.
One year prior to the Civil War not one Republican owned slaves. They were all owned by Democrats.
George Wallace who 'stood in the schoolhouse door' to block black children from attending a white school in the South WAS A DEMOCRAT.
White Citizens Councils and the KKK were started and staffed by democrats. The only modern day KKK member to serve in the United States Senate was Robert Byrd - he was a lifelong democrats and KKK official.
Bull Conner was a democrat.
The South Carolina Governor who brought back the Confederate Battle Flag in the 60's was a Democrat...
And yeah, you're right Balding_Eagle - it was democrats who owned the slaves...