[SeeSharp]

I always enjoy comparing life expectancy for blacks in the antebellum south with the life expectancy of their kinfolks in West Africa at the time

It's is far more telling to compare the life expectancy of a Southern slave to the mine and factory workers in the North. Many of them never saw 45, whereas the average life expectancy for male slaves was about 56.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

's is far more telling to compare the life expectancy of a Southern slave to the mine and factory workers in the North. Many of them never saw 45, whereas the average life expectancy for male slaves was about 56.

Bull. Slaves suffered infant mortality rates twice those of whites. Factor those deaths into the average and the slave life span was about 22 years. 46% of slaves never made it past their 15th birthday.

Additionally, southern whites had a lower life expectancy than northern whites. The overall life expectancy in the US in 1860 was about 42 years.

[Non-Sequitur]

It's is far more telling to compare the life expectancy of a Southern slave to the mine and factory workers in the North. Many of them never saw 45, whereas the average life expectancy for male slaves was about 56.

Source please.