[jeffersondem]

“Yeah, slavery was awesome! That's why no slaves wanted to be free, runaways were unheard of, and there was no need for laws about sending back escapees.”

I was afraid the findings of Nobel laureate Fogel was going to rub some fur the wrong way. I even said so earlier.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Ah, Fogel! So then you must also agree with Fogel’s idea that the number and price of slaves would have continued to increase because it was a very profitable way to do business.

[BroJoeK]

jeffersondem quoting the article: "and slave-owners rarely used their slaves for sexual indulgence, with only about 2% of slave births being by white fathers."

Bubba Ho-Tep: "Yeah, slavery was awesome!
That's why no slaves wanted to be free, runaways were unheard of, and there was no need for laws about sending back escapees." </sarc>

jeffersondem: "I was afraid the findings of Nobel laureate Fogel was going to rub some fur the wrong way.
I even said so earlier."

So I'm no DNA expert, but perhaps you can explain how, if only 2% of slaves had white fathers, today's African Americans average from 20% to 30% European ancestry, depending on the study?

Really, doesn't it make us suspect there were more crackers in the woodshed than most want to admit?