Posted on 12/21/2010 5:25:08 PM PST by lbryce
Are you female?
With them I never win.
So you are saying the Southern Confederate Army was a “big holder” of slaves. That’s okay with me. I just wondered where your point of view came from.
Merry Christmas
Uh no. The first slave case in the US was brought by slave owner Anthony Johnson, who was ironically, a black man. AJ won a case against servant John Casor for a lifetime of servitude.
Easily accessible (and google-able) common knowledge.
http://americancivilwar.com/authors/black_slaveowners.htm
http://www.kon.org/urc/v4/tikhomirova.html
Just a couple.
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